Fair Housing
A Maine real estate agent uses different qualification standards to screen buyers of different racial backgrounds. This practice is called:
ASteering
BDifferential treatment (disparate treatment)✓ Correct
CRedlining
DBlockbusting
Explanation
Disparate treatment (differential treatment) occurs when members of a protected class are treated differently than similarly situated people outside that class. Applying different qualification standards based on race is illegal disparate treatment.
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