Fair Housing
In New York, a landlord who offers a rental unit to white applicants but tells Black applicants the unit is 'no longer available' is engaging in:
ALegal market selection
BDisparate treatment discrimination based on race, in violation of the Fair Housing Act and NY Human Rights Law✓ Correct
CA permissible exercise of the landlord's right to choose tenants
DReasonable tenant screening
Explanation
Telling prospective tenants of one race that a unit is unavailable while offering it to another race is classic disparate treatment discrimination. It is explicitly prohibited by the Fair Housing Act and the New York State Human Rights Law. Testers employed by fair housing organizations in New York regularly document this type of illegal conduct, and landlords face civil liability and penalties.
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