Fair Housing
Blockbusting is a fair housing violation that involves:
ARefusing to make loans in certain neighborhoods
BPersuading property owners to sell by suggesting that protected classes are moving into the area✓ Correct
CAdvertising properties only in newspapers read by a specific race
DRequiring a higher security deposit from disabled tenants
Explanation
Blockbusting (or panic peddling) is the illegal practice of inducing property owners to sell by implying that the entry of a protected class into a neighborhood will lower property values.
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