Fair Housing
HUD's FHEO (Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity) conducts what activity to test whether housing providers are complying with fair housing laws?
AAnnual license audits
BPaired testing, where testers of different protected classes apply for the same housing to compare treatment✓ Correct
CRandom financial audits of real estate brokerages
DInspections of property maintenance standards
Explanation
Paired testing (also called paired audit testing) is a primary fair housing enforcement and research tool where matched testers—differing only in a protected class characteristic—contact the same housing provider to compare how they are treated.
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