2010 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 21 - Human Rights
Part 6 - Discrimination in Housing and Financing
4-21-603 - Blockbusting.
4-21-603. Blockbusting.
It is a discriminatory practice for a real estate operator, a real estate broker, a real estate salesperson, a financial institution, an employee of any of these, or any other person, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which such person may benefit financially to:
(1) Represent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to race, color, creed, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located; or
(2) Represent that this change will or may result in the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located.
[Acts 1984, ch. 1007, § 6; T.C.A., § 4-21-129; Acts 1992, ch. 1027, § 16; 2008, ch. 706, § 1.]
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