When the Fair Housing Act made racially restrictive covenants illegal, which of the following tactics did real estate agents use to maintain residential segregation?
A) predatory lending
B) racial violence
C) steering
D) hypersegregation

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Steering is the practice of guiding or directing homebuyers to specific neighborhoods based on their race or ethnicity or directing sellers to only market their homes to certain racial or ethnic groups. Real estate agents often used this tactic to maintain residential segregation after racially restrictive covenants were made illegal by the Fair Housing Act.

When the Fair Housing Act Made Racially Restrictive Covenants Illegal