Fair Housing
In Tennessee, a landlord who offers different lease terms (shorter lease, higher rent) to applicants with disabilities compared to non-disabled applicants is committing:
ALegal risk management
BDiscrimination through disparate treatment based on disability✓ Correct
CStandard market practice
DPermitted accommodation practices
Explanation
Offering different (less favorable) lease terms to applicants because of disability is discriminatory disparate treatment, violating the Fair Housing Act's prohibition on different terms, conditions, and privileges.
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