A licensed sales associate from a property management company calls a client to inform her that he has found a tenant for her residence. The client asks the sales associate, "Do they have dark skin?" How should the sales associate reply?
A. Answer the question truthfully.
B. Answer the question truthfully, but also explain that refusing to rent to the prospective tenant, if based on race, is a violation of the Fair Housing Act.
C. Respond that the tenant's race is of no relevance, and furthermore, to base the decision of whether to rent to a prospective tenant on race is a violation of the fair housing laws.
D. Inform the owner that the company is canceling the property management agreement immediately and then forward the property owner's name and address to HUD.