Illegal practice whereby a representative of the party paying the bill tries to influence a vehicle owner to take their vehicle to a particular person or body shop for repairs.
The illegal practice of directing home buyers to certain areas based on their ethnicity, race, etc, to either maintain or change the character of an area.
The effort to maneuver home buyers into, or away from, a particular area of town because they won't "fit in." Telling a white couple, "You don't want to live in Mount Pleasant because that's where all the Latinos are" is an example. Or not telling a black family that a house that would otherwise be perfect for them is available in an all-white neighborhood. Both of these are illegal.
Most notably used in Dolby Pro Logic systems, the electronic manipulation of recorded audio signals from two-channel sources allowing encoded center-channel material that would ordinarily only be vaguely imaged to be positively routed to a center speaker and surround material to be similarly routed to the surround speakers. The goal of steering up front is to simulate three discrete-channel sources, with surround steering normally simulating a broad sense of space around the viewer.
The practice of routing certain borrowers to lenders that charge higher fees or interest rates than the borrowers' credit history warrants.
An illegal procedure where individual buyers, who are usually minorities, are only shown properties in specific neighborhoods.
The illegal practice of channeling homeseekers interested in equivalent properties to particular areas, either to maintain the homogeneity of an area or to change the character of an area to create a speculative situation. This practice makes certain homes unavailable to homeseekers on the basis of race or national origin, and on these grounds it is prohibited by the provisions of the federal fair housing act. Steering is often difficult to detect, however, because the steering tactics can be so subtle that the homeseeker is unaware that his or her choice has been limited. Steering could be a licensee's use of a word, phrase or act that is intended to influence the choice of a prospective property buyer on a discriminatory basis.
The illegal practice of directing members of minority groups to, or away from, certain areas or neighborhoods; channeling. See Fair Housing.
The illegal practice of channeling home seekers to particular areas, either to maintain the homogeneity of an area or to change the character of an area, which limits their choices of where they can live.
An illegal procedure in which a prospective buyer is shown properties in specific neighborhoods where the residents share the buyer's ethnicity.
An illegal practice of limiting the housing shown to a certain group, because of race, religion or ethnic origin.
A term used to describe the process of an agent only showing minority buyers homes that are in segregated areas. It is a violation of Fair Housing Laws.
An illegal practice of channeling home seekers to certain areas on the basis of their race, color, religion, etc. Stick Style Features of this (normally 2 to 21/2 story) Victorian-era home include a steeply pitched gabled roof with cross gables that commonly show decorative trusses and overhanging eves that usually have exposed rafter ends. Wood wall cladding interrupted by patterns of horizontal, vertical, or diagonal boards (stick work) that rise from the wall surface. The porches commonly have diagonal or curved braces.