House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters and other Democrats are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for information on the benefits and drawbacks of alternative data in mortgage lending.
The lawmakers recently sent a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting details about the role of the federal government in overseeing the use of alternative data by credit reporting agencies and lenders.
Read on for more from the letter.
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