"Councilman Vows Fight on AIDS Facility"

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"Councilman Vows Fight on AIDS Facility"

United Press International (12/13/92)

Abstract: Pittsburgh--City Councilman Duane Darkins is threatening to pursue a court battle over a city agency's decision to allow a former East End nursing home to be converted into a facility for AIDS patients. Along with many other citizens, Darkins opposes the facility, claiming that the area is already overwhelmed with social service facilities. After debating the issue for six months, the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Appeals recently approved the conversion of the former nursing home into a 22-bed "personal care boarding home" for people with various debilitating illnesses, including AIDS. The project is proposed by the Verona House Corp., a cooperative effort of the Presbyterian Association on Aging, Allegheny General Hospital, and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. However, Darkins said other sites could be used for the facility. Darkins, who is a pastor in the Homewood section and is a potential mayoral candidate next year, said his constituents are "tired of our community being used as a dumping center." Adversaries also claimed that the AIDS center would subsequently lower property values of the area. But advocates say that such a facility is urgently needed to treat an increasing number of people affected not only by AIDS, but also muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and other ailments. The Zoning Board said that the burden in the case was on the adversaries "to establish that there would be a general detrimental effect to the neighborhood" if the personal care home were approved.

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