Fair Housing

A Colorado lender who denies loans in certain minority-majority neighborhoods, regardless of the creditworthiness of individual applicants, is engaging in:

AA. Steering
BB. Redlining✓ Correct
CC. Blockbusting
DD. Panic selling

Explanation

Redlining is the discriminatory practice of refusing to provide financial services (mortgages, insurance) in neighborhoods based on the racial or ethnic composition of the area rather than the creditworthiness of individual applicants. It is illegal under the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA).

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