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A property manager at a fifty-unit apartment complex tells a single mother applying for a two-bedroom unit that the complex 'prefers quiet tenants without kids' and turns down her application. She meets all stated income, credit, and rental-history criteria. The denial is based solely on the presence of her young child, not on any legitimate rental factor. The Fair Housing Act prohibits this kind of denial, and the relevant protected category was added in 1988 specifically to extend the Act to households that include children under 18. Which fair-housing protected category did the property manager violate?

Correct Answer

C) Familial status protection

The denial rested entirely on the presence of a child under 18 in an otherwise-qualified household — exactly the scenario Congress targeted in 1988 when it added the relevant protection. The protected category covering households with children under 18 (and people securing custody of such children) is familial status.

Answer Options
A
Reasonable modification
B
Reasonable accommodation
C
Familial status protection
D
Steering

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single mother applicantqualified by income/creditdenied for child1988 amendmentstwo-bedroom unit

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