<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0BJBdh_0vlJRsQn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0BJBdh_0vlJRsQn00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure><p>A private donor is stepping up to help save a downtown Minneapolis homeless shelter that was on the brink of closing.</p><p>The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is giving $1.5 million to match the city of Minneapolis' pledge to provide emergency funding for repairs needed to save Agate Housing and Services' century-old building at 510 S. 8th St. and its heavily used food shelf at 714 Park Av.</p><p>The 510 building had 42 emergency shelter beds for men and 95 board and lodge beds - a form of temporary housing for homeless people unable to lease an apartment in the private market - and had been scheduled to be vacated on Oct. 9 due to plumbing problems and other capital needs rendering the building increasingly uninhabitable.</p></div></body>

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Anonymous donor steps up to save downtown Minneapolis homeless shelter

A private donor is stepping up to help save a downtown Minneapolis homeless shelter that was on the brink of closing. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is giving $1.5 million to match the city of Minneapolis' pledge to provide emergency funding for repairs needed to save Agate Housing and Services' century-old building at 510 S. 8th St. and its heavily used food shelf at 714 Park Av.