Fair Housing
A West Virginia property owner who refuses to sell their private home to a buyer of a different religion, without using a real estate agent and without advertising publicly, may be:
ACompletely exempt from the Fair Housing Act under the private seller exemption
BStill subject to the Fair Housing Act prohibition on religion discrimination✓ Correct
CSubject only to WV Human Rights Act, not the federal FHA
DExempt if the home was built before 1968
Explanation
While private sellers may have an exemption for certain private transactions, the exemption does NOT extend to discrimination based on race, color, or national origin under the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Religious discrimination may be covered depending on how the exemption is applied. Most courts hold the FHA broadly applies.
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