Fair Housing
An Alaska real estate agent tells a prospective buyer that a certain neighborhood is 'changing' and suggests the buyer look elsewhere. This agent may be engaged in:
APuffery
BBlockbusting✓ Correct
CRedlining
DMisrepresentation
Explanation
Blockbusting (also called panic peddling) involves making statements to induce property owners or buyers to sell or avoid purchasing by implying that a neighborhood's demographic composition is changing. This is illegal under federal and Alaska fair housing law.
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