Fair Housing
A Massachusetts real estate agent who fails to inform a prospective buyer (who is of Middle Eastern descent) about properties in certain neighborhoods, while informing white buyers about the same properties, has engaged in:
ALegitimate market segmentation
BDifferential treatment based on national origin—a form of illegal steering✓ Correct
CPermissible business discretion
DAcceptable geographic targeting
Explanation
Providing different information about available properties based on the buyer's national origin is illegal steering and differential treatment under the Fair Housing Act and Massachusetts Chapter 151B.
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