Fair Housing
Blockbusting is the illegal practice of:
ARefusing to lend in minority neighborhoods
BInducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that minorities are moving into the area✓ Correct
CSteering buyers toward certain neighborhoods
DRequiring larger down payments from minority buyers
Explanation
Blockbusting (panic peddling) is the illegal practice of inducing owners to sell their homes at deflated prices by suggesting that persons of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood.
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