Fair Housing
Under fair housing law, 'blockbusting' is the illegal practice of:
ASetting up roadblocks to prevent property sales
BInducing panic selling by homeowners based on the entry or prospective entry of people of a protected class into the neighborhood✓ Correct
CRefusing to show properties in certain neighborhoods
DSetting maximum rents in a neighborhood based on demographics
Explanation
Blockbusting (also called panic peddling) is the illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that people of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood, with the implication that property values will decline. It violates the Fair Housing Act.
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