Fair Housing
A Maine real estate agent who consistently recommends that African American clients look in certain neighborhoods while recommending different neighborhoods to white clients is engaging in:
AReasonable market segmentation
BRacial steering, which is illegal under the Fair Housing Act✓ Correct
CAffirmative marketing as required by HUD
DStandard demographic analysis
Explanation
Recommending different neighborhoods to clients based on race is illegal steering under the Fair Housing Act, regardless of the agent's stated reasoning.
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