230 Fightback is the community-led organization who has taken up the fight for social housing in an abandoned lot at Dundas and Sherbourne. Since the summer of 2008, the lot has been abandoned and unused. On September 22, 2013, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) initiated the “Taking it Back” campaign, to demand the City of Toronto expropriate the land so that it could be used for social housing. The initial proposed name for the house was Drina’s House, in honour of Drina Joubert, an unhoused woman who froze to death behind the house in 1985. In 2022, the city finally offered to buy the land, only to be outbid by KingSett Capital. In 2024, 230 Fightback published a zine that educates the public about the financialization of housing. The fight continues.

John Clarke and Gaetan Heroux.

From John Clarke.

Excerpt from: Inquest into the 1985 freezing death of Drina Joubert, Verdict of Coroner’s Jury, Province of Ontario, 25 February 1986. From the Internet Archive.

Claim our Corner Event. October 14, 2026. Hosted by TUHU (Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union) and 230 Fightback.

From timothy martin.

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