Fair Housing
A Connecticut landlord sends a lease renewal to most tenants but 'forgets' to send one to the only Black tenant in the building, whose lease is expiring. This is most likely:
AAn oversight with no legal significance
BIntentional discrimination based on race (disparate treatment) in violation of the Fair Housing Act✓ Correct
CPermissible since the landlord did not explicitly say they didn't want to renew because of race
DOnly a violation if the tenant specifically asks for a renewal
Explanation
Selectively failing to offer lease renewals based on race is disparate treatment—intentional discrimination—in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The tenant does not need to prove the landlord said a discriminatory statement; circumstantial evidence of differential treatment is sufficient.
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