Fair Housing
A real estate agent who shows only properties in certain neighborhoods to buyers of specific backgrounds is engaging in which prohibited practice?
ARedlining
BSteering✓ Correct
CBlockbusting
DPanic selling
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of guiding buyers toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race, national origin, religion, or other protected class. It limits buyer choices and perpetuates segregation.
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