Fair Housing
A real estate agent who tells homeowners that minorities are moving into the neighborhood to induce them to sell their homes quickly at below-market prices is committing:
ASteering
BBlockbusting✓ Correct
CRedlining
DDiscrimination
Explanation
Blockbusting (panic selling) is the illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that the entry of a protected class group will lower property values.
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