Fair Housing
A landlord tells a Black applicant that the available apartment was 'just rented' but later rents it to a White applicant who applied after. This is an example of:
ASteering
BBlockbusting
CDiscriminatory misrepresentation✓ Correct
DRedlining
Explanation
Falsely claiming a unit is unavailable to an applicant of a protected class while making it available to others is discriminatory misrepresentation — a direct violation of the Fair Housing Act.
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