Fair Housing
Blockbusting is an illegal practice where a real estate professional:
ARefuses to show properties in certain neighborhoods to minority buyers
BInduces homeowners to sell by representing that persons of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood✓ Correct
CCharges different rents based on a tenant's national origin
DRefuses to make loans in certain neighborhoods
Explanation
Blockbusting (also called panic selling) is the illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by making representations that persons of a protected class are entering the neighborhood, playing on fear to generate listings.
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