Just Months After Hip Surgery, 94-Year-Old Jimmy Carter Is Building Homes Again

The former first couple have worked alongside more than 100,000 volunteers in 14 countries to build, repair, and renovate over 4,000 homes.

In an effort to extend their work with the organization, the pair founded the Carter Work Project, a week-long event in September that takes place in a different location around the world every year.

In May, he under went hip replacement surgery, a procedure which left him bed-ridden, though not for very long.

Just a month later, he returned to the Sunday school class he teaches, proving that this passionate philanthropist isn't ready to to slow down any time soon.

"There have been many times when people have tried to count President Carter out, and they have never been right," Habitat for Humanity International spokesman Bryan Thomas said. "We are excited that they will both be back."

She said no one would ever question it if the pair would want to take a break from building homes after 35 years.

"But the words 'Carter' and 'retire' aren't even in the same vocabulary," she said. "Everyone deserves a decent place to live, but not everyone can afford it. That's true in our town too, which is why we're so excited to give a big Nashville welcome to the Carters."

The boom has allowed for more jobs and opportunities, but this has also resulted in an increase in housing prices, leaving lower-income residents struggling to find affordable housing.

As part of this initiative, the city has announced it will invest $750 million over the next 10 years to build 10,000 affordable housing units throughout the city.

h/t: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tennessean