Housing Authority of Americus
An Equal Housing Opportunity
825 Mayo St.
Americus, GA 31709-2627
229-924-3386 - Phone
229-924-4941 - Fax
800-255-0056 - TTY/TDD
Effective Wednesday, October 1, 2025, all RAD and Locally Owned Waiting lists will be closed. HAA will publish a notice in the Americus Times Recorder, Facebook, and this website when the waiting list will be reopened.
First Carter Home After Returning to Plains
In 1986, Unit 9A in the Plains Public Housing Project was dedicated as a place of historical significance. Located on Paschal Street, this is where Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and their three sons, Jack, Chip, and Jeff, lived when they returned to Plains, Georgia, in October 1953. Jimmy received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy and the family moved back home from New York. They lived at Unit 9A for a year and then rented until they moved into their home on Woodland Drive in 1961. Amy was born in 1967.
"...We moved into a new government project that was home for about ten families. We qualified easily; we had no income."
--Rosalynn Carter
First Lady from Plains
1984
Photos from "The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter" Public Housing Unit 9A Rededication 10/5/24​
For more information regarding site tours or general questions, please email Annette Wise at annette@rosalynncarterbutterflytrail.org or scan the QR code below.
Visit our friends at Rosalynn Carter's Butterfly Trail website HERE