Fair Housing
Blockbusting is BEST defined as:
ARefusing to make loans in certain geographic areas
BInducing homeowners to sell by suggesting a neighborhood's character will change due to protected-class residents moving in✓ Correct
CAdvertising property only in certain publications
DRestricting listings to buyers of a certain income level
Explanation
Blockbusting (panic peddling) is illegally inducing property sales by suggesting that minority groups moving in will cause property values to decline.
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