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A real estate agent contacts homeowners in a neighborhood and suggests they should sell quickly because demographic changes in the area will negatively affect their property values. Several homeowners list their properties at below-market prices as a result. Under Georgia Fair Housing Law, which prohibited practice has the agent engaged in?

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C) Blockbusting, by inducing sales through representations about protected class members entering an area

Under Georgia Fair Housing Law (O.C.G.A. § 8-3-203), blockbusting occurs when a person, for profit, induces or attempts to induce the sale or rental of a dwelling by making representations regarding the entry or prospective entry of members of a protected class into a neighborhood. The agent's conduct—soliciting homeowners and suggesting demographic changes will harm property values to generate listings—is the textbook definition of blockbusting. This practice is illegal regardless of whether the agent explicitly names a protected class.

Answer Options
A
Steering, by directing buyers toward or away from certain neighborhoods
B
Redlining, by refusing to provide services in designated geographic areas
C
Blockbusting, by inducing sales through representations about protected class members entering an area
D
Discriminatory advertising, by making statements indicating a preference based on protected class

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