Fair Housing
A NC real estate agent who tells a Black buyer that a neighborhood is 'changing' or 'transitioning' (implying racial composition changes) is engaging in which illegal practice?
AAcceptable community context information
BBlockbusting — using fear about racial change to influence a buyer's or seller's decision✓ Correct
CSteering only
DRedlining
Explanation
Using suggestions about racial transition in a neighborhood to influence buying or selling decisions is blockbusting (panic selling or panic buying) — a prohibited practice under the Fair Housing Act.
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