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A mortgage broker consistently refers African American applicants in a predominantly minority neighborhood to a subprime lender charging 2.5% above market rates, while referring similarly qualified White applicants in the same income bracket to conventional lenders. This practice violates:

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Correct answer: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act, and may also constitute predatory steering under Dodd-Frank

This scenario involves racial steering — directing minority borrowers to higher-cost subprime products despite their qualifications for better terms. This violates multiple laws simultaneously: (1) The Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits discriminatory terms in residential mortgage lending based on race; (2) The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), which prohibits discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction based on race; and (3) Dodd-Frank's anti-steering provisions, which prohibit steering borrowers to loan products that are not in their interest based on originator compensation incentives. The CRA (D) applies to depository institutions' obligations to serve their communities, not to anti-discrimination in individual transactions. Selecting only one law (A or C) is incomplete and incorrect.

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