In this report, we assess an in-depth GAO analysis released last week in response to a 2016 request from Sen. Shelby to evaluate alternative mortgage products and resulting benefits to wealth accumulation by LMI households.  The question was then germane to Shelby’s GSE-reform thinking and of course will be revisited if Congress somehow advances legislation this year to redefine the GSEs.

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