None of those AIDS residences has opened yet.

The proposal for the AIDS residence is still getting off the ground.

The project also is intended to help allay concerns about an AIDS residence the fund is building at 331 East 86th Street.

Nursing homes provided an early model for AIDS residences: shared rooms, common bathrooms, no kitchens and a high staffing level.

Next door is Casa of Care, an AIDS residence and hospice.

Plans for several AIDS residences collapsed when the Republican majority in the State Senate failed to approve a reimbursement system.

He also said that those who opposed the AIDS residence now point to it as a reason why a lounge would be inappropriate on the block.

In its place is an AIDS residence, which opened without fanfare last month.

They said patients would be better served in scattered apartments, single-room-occupancy hotels and AIDS residences with private rooms, group meals and staff help.

Now as then, it provides for the poor of the surrounding community, these days with a soup kitchen, overnight shelter, and AIDS residence.