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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 denies her application even though she meets every stated income, credit and rental-history requirement. Which protected class under the federal Fair Housing Act does the denial violate?

Correct Answer

C) Familial status

Familial status covers households with one or more children under 18 living with a parent or guardian, along with pregnant persons and those securing custody of a child. Refusing an otherwise-qualified applicant because a child would live in the unit is discrimination on that basis. Only housing that legally qualifies as housing for older persons is exempt from the familial status provisions, and a general-occupancy apartment complex is not.

Answer Options
A
Sex or gender
B
National origin
C
Familial status
D
Disability

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