. ▁▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁Miami , ▁Florida : ▁Miami ' s ▁Liber ty ▁City ▁er upt ed ▁in ▁violent ▁ri ots ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁that ▁dec im ated ▁the ▁neighborhood , ▁and ▁President ▁Carter ▁tou red ▁the ▁dev ast ation ▁while ▁in ▁office . ▁More ▁than ▁a ▁de cade ▁later ▁he ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁personally ▁re build , ▁working ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁houses ▁and ▁a ▁day ▁care ▁center . ▁" I ▁really ▁enjoyed ▁how ▁all ▁the ▁volunte ers , ▁both ▁white ▁and ▁black , ▁came ▁together ▁and ▁helped ▁build ▁for ▁the ▁project ," ▁said ▁home owner ▁Virginia ▁Marsh al , ▁who ▁was ▁still ▁living ▁in ▁her ▁Hab itat ▁home ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁later . ▁▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁and ▁Baltimore , ▁Maryland : ▁ ▁" H ab itat ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁char ity ▁organization . ▁We ▁don ' t ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁best ▁way ▁to ▁help ▁people ▁is ▁to ▁give ▁them ▁a ▁Santa ▁Cla us ▁gift ," ▁President ▁Carter ▁said ▁at ▁the ▁ground bre aking ▁ceremony ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁After ▁five ▁days ▁of ▁bl itz ▁building , ▁with ▁an ▁international ▁pool ▁of ▁volunte ers ▁ham mer ing ▁away , ▁ 2 0 ▁new ▁home own ers ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁Washington ▁were ▁ready ▁to ▁move ▁in . ▁▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁W inn ip eg , ▁Man it oba , ▁and ▁Water lo o , ▁Ontario , ▁Canada . ▁Canad ians ▁from ▁more