this week given the go-ahead by the Development Applications Board.

The DAB announced its approval of plans to transform Winterhaven a two-storey home, on 3/4 of an acre just west of John Smith's Bay into a home for such people.

The South Road home will be leased to Support Therapy for Aids Patients and their Relatives (STAR) by the Bermuda Housing Corporation.

Last year at the opening of Agape House for the terminally ill, Social Services and Housing Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness promised -- at the urging of former STAR director Mrs. Chris Atcheson -- to concentrate on finding housing for jobless and homeless persons going through the initial stages of AIDS.

The group spoke on their plans to create a seven bedroom dwelling on the property earlier this month.

"Whereas the hospice is for people within six months of death, there is a need for those who are living with the virus,'' said STAR's assistant director Mrs. Lois Wilson at the time. "People can be living with the virus for over eight years but not living in suitable conditions. -- AP