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A real estate agent learns that a buyer is Muslim and then avoids showing properties near churches, assuming the buyer would not want to live there. This conduct MOST likely violates the Fair Housing Act on the basis of what protected class?
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B) Religion
Making housing decisions based on a person's religion -- including limiting which properties to show based on assumptions about religious preference -- is discrimination on the basis of religion under the Fair Housing Act.
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