{
  "id": 13102593,
  "title": "American man in S'pore rents Kembangan house, doesn't pay rent, sues elderly owners who want home back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/american-man-in-spore-rents-kembangan-house-doesnt-pay-rent-sues",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:42:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/us-man-kembangan-house-sues-owners/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An American man named Anthony Thomas Price rented a house in Kembangan, Singapore, and only paid one month's rent. When the elderly owners attempted to reclaim their property through peaceful re-entry, the Price family resisted and filed a lawsuit to prevent their removal. The court dismissed the application, finding that Price had deliberately planned to rent the house without paying rent. Price used a Singapore-incorporated company, Noranth Ventures, to sign the tenancy agreement, which had a paid-up capital of only S$200. The owners argued that Price breached the tenancy agreement by not paying the security deposit, utility charges, and other fees, as well as installing CCTV cameras without permission. The court found Price's claims of alleged defects in the property to be untrue, as the owners had accommodated his requests for repairs. The court ruled that Price must pay the owners' legal costs and return the house.",
  "summary": "The judge dismissed the suit, saying Price schemed against the owners and had no intention to pay rental.",
  "key_points": [
    "American man Anthony Thomas Price rented Kembangan house in Singapore.",
    "Price paid only one month's rent, then sued elderly owners for eviction.",
    "Court dismissed Price's lawsuit, ordered him to pay legal costs and return house."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}