Fair Housing
Under the Fair Housing Act, 'blockbusting' is the practice of:
ARefusing to make loans in minority neighborhoods
BInducing panic selling by suggesting that minority groups are moving into a neighborhood✓ Correct
CSteering minority buyers toward certain neighborhoods
DCharging higher rents to minority tenants
Explanation
Blockbusting is the illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by creating fear that property values will decline due to an influx of minority group members into the neighborhood.
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