Fair Housing
A Massachusetts housing authority that gives racial or ethnic minorities less desirable unit assignments than non-minority residents has committed:
ASteering✓ Correct
BBlockbusting
CRedlining
DDisparate impact discrimination
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of directing members of a protected class to or away from certain housing. Assigning minority residents to less desirable units based on their race or ethnicity constitutes steering and violates the federal Fair Housing Act and Massachusetts Chapter 151B.
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