Fair Housing
Blockbusting under fair housing law involves:
AEncouraging people to sell their homes by exploiting fears about changes in neighborhood demographics✓ Correct
BRefusing to show homes to members of protected classes
CRequiring higher deposits from minority buyers
DAdvertising properties only to certain racial groups
Explanation
Blockbusting (panic selling) is the illegal practice of inducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that members of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood, thereby driving down property values through fear.
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