Hardware question-- any special products for this?

[Black]

artie67 wrote:
Black,
Is this a "condo/apartment" gate made of 1" box material?
If so, you have stripped out the hole and maybe with a longer screw and drilling a correct size hole in the other side get a proper metal screw to hold the latch. Just that easy.
You need to give the forum some clues as to the material where the latch is located.

I tried to explain that the hole had already been mangled when the handle was smashed off before.
I don't quite understand what it is that I have not given adequate cues about.
Here's the best I can do for an image right now- from Google Street View ca. 2011...the handle in the image is the one that was smashed off.