Forty years ago, former President Jimmy Carter took a hammer in hand and helped Habitat for Humanity rebuild the Mascot Flats in the East Village — restoring
Nancy Montanez fondly remembers meeting the longest-living president in history, President Jimmy Carter , after he helped establish Mascot Flats located at 742 East 6th Street., Mascot Flats residents mourned his passing with gratitude and pride that the former president did his part to give something back to them.
“It wasn’t just like he came here to do a photo shoot. It was a partnership that he had with Habitat for Humanity, and he provided housing across the world through that mission that he had,” Montanez recalled as she stood on the steps to her building. “It was really fun to be there as a homesteader and to meet the folks that had served with him as volunteers throughout the last 30 years.”
This, she says, has left her feeling in debt to the man, so much so that she became emotional and wept.
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