Fair Housing
A Connecticut real estate company uses an algorithm to rank prospective tenants that inadvertently gives lower scores to applicants from certain ZIP codes correlated with racial minorities. This may violate fair housing based on:
AOnly algorithmic bias laws
BDisparate impact theory under the Fair Housing Act✓ Correct
CThe Equal Credit Opportunity Act only
DNo law since the algorithm is neutral
Explanation
A facially neutral practice that disproportionately harms a protected class may violate the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact prohibition, even without proof of discriminatory intent.
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