Fair Housing
Under the Fair Housing Act, a real estate licensee who places a 'For Sale' sign in a window of a home on a block to suggest neighbors should sell due to an influx of minorities is guilty of:
ARedlining
BSteering
CBlockbusting✓ Correct
DChurning
Explanation
Using 'For Sale' signs or other tactics to induce panic selling by suggesting minorities are moving into a neighborhood is blockbusting—a violation of the Fair Housing Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
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