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F - Chapter 23
Fair Housing Law
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blockbusting | inducing (for profit) the sale or rental of any dwelling by indicating that a particular class of person (ex. nonwhite) has entered or will enter the neighborhood (525) |
| equal protection | the constitutional mandate that all people be treated equally under the law (519) |
| fair housing | the term used to express a national policy against most types of discrimination in housing (521) |
| familial status | refers to a family with one or more children under 18 years of age with a parent or other legal guardian (529) |
| reasonable modification | alandlord is required to permit a tenant, at the tenant's expense to make reasonable changes to the living space in order to have full use and enjoyment of the premises (526) |
| redlining | the denial of a loan by a lending institution or the exacting of harsher terms for loans in certain parts of a city for unlawful discriminatory reasons (525) |
| steering | channeling of prospective homebuyers to, or away from, certain areas (525) |