Author Question: Channel Builders specializes in redevelopment projects and has been approved for several federal tax ... (Read 27 times)

joesmith1212 · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Channel Builders specializes in redevelopment projects and has been approved for several federal tax credit projects in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Low Income Tax Credits are awarded to him for investing in redevelopment in various communities. The racial composition of the neighborhoods he has redeveloped in Fort Lauderdale is 97 Latino or black. In neighborhoods where Channel has not done redevelopment and in his senior citizen developments, the racial composition is 78 white and the remainder minorities. Under the Fair Housing Act:
A)Channel Builders has not engaged in discrimination because so many minorities buy his homes because the purpose of the tax credits is to provide housing for those with low incomes.
B)Channel Builders has violated the Fair Housing Act under a disparate impact theory.
C)Channel Builders cannot violate the Fair Housing Act unless an intentional act of discrimination is found.
D)None of the above

Question 2

Oral evidence can be used to clarify a latent ambiguity.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false