Fair Housing
A Washington landlord sends renewal lease offers to all tenants simultaneously, but includes different rent increases for different units without any clear basis. Some minority tenants receive higher increases. This may constitute:
ALegitimate market-rate adjustments
BDisparate treatment discrimination if the rent differences correlate with protected class membership without a legitimate business reason✓ Correct
CA violation of Washington's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act only
DLegal differentiation based on supply and demand
Explanation
If rent increases are systematically higher for tenants of a particular protected class without a legitimate, documented business reason, this pattern suggests disparate treatment discrimination in the terms and conditions of tenancy, violating fair housing law.
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