Fair Housing
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and local Indiana fair housing organizations conduct 'testing' operations to identify discrimination. Testing involves:
AWritten examinations for real estate agents
BSending matched pairs of testers with different protected characteristics to compare how they are treated in housing transactions✓ Correct
CInspecting properties for physical accessibility violations
DReviewing lender records for disparate lending patterns
Explanation
Fair housing testing (audit testing) involves sending matched pairs of testers — who are identical except for a protected characteristic such as race — to request housing. Differences in treatment between matched testers constitute evidence of discrimination.
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