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Forum: Do more to protect home owners from unscrupulous tenants

askST: How can home owners protect themselves when tenants use shell companies to rent property?

American Anthony Thomas Price had used Noranth Ventures, a shell company, to rent a semi-detached house in Lengkong Dua in Kembangan for $7,500 a month.

Man uses shell companies to rent landed homes, later defaulting on rent and refusing to move out

ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Chen Yixin studies in Paris on scholarship, spends $3,300 a month on apartment rental

Chen Yixin talked about her moving to a new apartment in Paris on YouTube on Sept 27.

Spain faces more fury over housing after Parliament rejects decree to ban evictions, among others

A demonstrator holding a sign with the slogan ‘Fair rents now’ during a protest at Puerta del Sol in Madrid on Oct 2.

Spanish housing decree imperilled by opposition of Junts party

Protesters camp at Plaza Catalunya square, demanding political action to stop evictions and alleviate the housing crisis, after the forceful eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her apartment in Madrid, in dowtown Barcelona, Spain, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Albert Gea

While Spain blocks evictions, Portugal forges on with bill to hasten them

FILE PHOTO: A street is seen in Lisbon, Portugal, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

Rising rents narrow housing choices for Seoul’s foreign residents

In Seoul, average monthly rent for multifamily homes rose for the 16th consecutive month in August to a record 675,000 won.

Vulnerable woman evicted and left to sleep in a car shows depth of Spain's housing crisis

Pilar Lopez poses inside the car where she slept for two months after she was evicted this summer from the apartment where she had lived for 12 years, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Francisco Ubilla

Man jailed after causing victims on Carousell to lose more than $176,000 in car rental scam

The 50-year-old was on Sept 15 handed a three year and six months’ jail term after he pleaded guilty to five cheating charges and one forgery indictment.

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