[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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.