The once-sleeping giant of South Australia’s housing crisis is looming as a possible threat to Labor’s re-election in Adelaide’s most inner suburbs.

Housing Trust tenancy, sadly involving those with mental health issues or anti-social behaviour, is a problem which can no longer be swept under the mat.

The short answer is there is no solution under current tenancy rules, and the government knows it.

Navigating a way through the mess is becoming a bigger problem as the March 2026 state election rapidly looms and the Liberal Party can see this low hanging, public-outrage fruit is ripe for the picking.

Following a tragic stabbing death in Gilberton almost a month ago, momentum has been snowballing with 80 concerned people attending a community meeting last week organised by the local Liberal candidate for Adelaide, Julian Amato.

In days gone by local attitudes on a cold winter’s night to such an event may have been “yeah, nah” – but not anymore.

The Bentzen Court incident has been the lightening rod for a call to action and Labor must be mindful of not being caught asleep at the wheel.

Disturbances at public housing blocks have been treated with backburner urgency in the past, but now the heat is on, as it should be.

Local Labor MP Lucy Hood and her government have been keen to publicise the temporary measures put in place such as 24/7 security, yard clean ups and more inspections but they alone won’t solve the core problem.

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