Fair Housing
A Maine property manager who accepts only applicants with 'no children' is violating:
AOnly the Maine Human Rights Act
BThe federal Fair Housing Act's familial status protections
CBoth the Fair Housing Act and Maine Human Rights Act✓ Correct
DOnly local ordinances
Explanation
Refusing to rent to families with children violates both the federal Fair Housing Act (familial status) and the Maine Human Rights Act, which both prohibit discrimination based on familial status.
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