Policy & Public Affairs

HR 7010 would ease restrictions for borrowers of PPP loans.

Legislators are planning to convene again in mid-June to discuss more on COVID-19 and economic recovery.

The Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 is modeled after the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, passed after the 9/11 terror attacks.

The $3 trillion relief package would provide funding for a wide range of groups, including a new stimulus check, passed the House by only a narrow margin.

Senators Bennet (D-CO) and Young (R-IN) have announced a program that would make enhancements to the Paycheck Protection Program and create the RESTART initiative.

Letters request administration and Congress take action on Potential Business Continuity Solution.

Nareit supports congressional efforts to reach consensus on pandemic insurance coverage.

Nareit Urges that TALF be expanded to include more investment grade commercial real estate debt instruments.

The relief package includes a vast pool of grants and loans for small businesses, a large expansion of unemployment insurance, and new resources to help strained state, local, and tribal governments as they combat this pandemic.

Senate negotiators and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have been working on an agreement that would help blunt the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.

The Federal Reserve said today that it would significantly expand its purchases of mortgage backed securities, helping provide liquidity to the nation’s mortgage markets.