Fair Housing
A Connecticut real estate broker's office policy instructs all agents to 'mention the neighborhood's demographics' to clients. This policy is:
AA good transparency practice
BPotentially an instruction to engage in illegal steering✓ Correct
CRequired by Connecticut real estate law
DPermissible as informational only
Explanation
Providing clients with demographic information about neighborhoods based on race, religion, national origin, or other protected class characteristics is a form of steering, potentially violating the Fair Housing Act.
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