"Blockbusting" has been illegal since the Fair Housing Act of 1968. ... The practice of blockbusting has been illegal since the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Yet racial segregation remains a "defining feature of American cities," as Amine Ouazad, assistant professor of economics at INSEAD, puts it in a new paper.

What is a real life example of blockbusting?

An example of blockbusting would be a real estate agent hiring a Black woman to walk her dog in an all-White neighborhood. They then place their real estate card in all the mailboxes on the block, offering to buy the house right away at a discounted price.

What is the best example of blockbusting?

Examples of blockbusting include: When real estate agents alert the members of a neighborhood that it is "changing" and that they should sell their property. Making house-by-house telephone calls urging member of a neighborhood that they should sell before their property values decrease.