Fair Housing
Steering is an illegal practice in which a licensee:
ARefuses to show a buyer properties below a certain price
BDirects buyers toward or away from neighborhoods based on protected class characteristics✓ Correct
CLists a property below market value to generate multiple offers
DRepresents both buyer and seller without disclosure
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of directing buyers toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on the racial, ethnic, religious, or other protected-class makeup of those areas.
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