[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR100.85]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 100_DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Discriminatory Housing Practices
 
Sec. 100.85  Blockbusting.

    (a) It shall be unlawful, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce 
a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the 
entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons 
of a particular race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national 
origin or with a handicap.
    (b) In establishing a discriminatory housing practice under this 
section it is not necessary that there was in fact profit as long as 
profit was a factor for engaging in the blockbusting activity.
    (c) Prohibited actions under this section include, but are not 
limited to:
    (1) Engaging, for profit, in conduct (including uninvited 
solicitations for listings) which conveys to a person that a 
neighborhood is undergoing or is about to undergo a change in the race, 
color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of 
persons residing in it, in order to encourage the person to offer a 
dwelling for sale or rental.
    (2) Encouraging, for profit, any person to sell or rent a dwelling 
through assertions that the entry or prospective entry of persons of a 
particular race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national 
origin, or with handicaps, can or will result in undesirable

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consequences for the project, neighborhood or community, such as a 
lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial 
behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools or other services or 
facilities.