Fair Housing
A Maine property manager who tells a fair housing tester there are no apartments available but then rents to a non-protected-class tester immediately after is:
AActing within legal rights as long as apartments were genuinely unavailable
BCommitting illegal housing discrimination through misrepresentation of availability✓ Correct
CActing legally as testers cannot be treated as real applicants
DComplying with insurance requirements
Explanation
Telling a member of a protected class there are no units available while renting to others is illegal misrepresentation of housing availability under the Fair Housing Act. Testing programs are legally recognized tools for identifying discrimination.
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