(RECAP: Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report examining the government’s role in the housing finance market and identifying key issues for policymakers to consider when reforming the housing finance system. The agency released this report to help policymakers asses various housing finance reform proposals to ensure that any housing finance reform proposal they enact will effectively accomplish their goals. GAO spent more than a year preparing the report, reviewing literature and meeting with federal officials and outside experts, including NCSHA’s Garth Rieman.)