Fair Housing
A Nebraska landlord who charges a higher security deposit to tenants with children than to tenants without children is:
AExercising reasonable business judgment
BViolating the Fair Housing Act's familial status protections✓ Correct
CComplying with Nebraska's landlord-tenant law on deposits
DPermitted to do this as long as the maximum deposit limit is not exceeded
Explanation
Charging higher deposits (or different lease terms) based on the presence of children is familial status discrimination, regardless of whether the deposit amount is within the statutory maximum.
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