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Pandemic Relief Negotiations Continue as President Trump Considers Use of Executive Orders
Negotiations this week between congressional lawmakers and the White House on a fourth comprehensive coronavirus relief package continued through this afternoon, as significant policy and funding differences remain between Democrats and Republicans.Full story: Pandemic Relief Negotiations Continue as President Trump Considers Use of Executive Orders -
NEWS: Commercial Real Estate Executives See a Coronavirus Vaccine as Cure for Current Market Challenges
Commercial real estate executives recognize the various challenges in the current market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while remaining optimistic about future market conditions, according to The Real Estate Roundtable’s Q3 2020 Economic Sentiment Survey released today.Full story: NEWS: Commercial Real Estate Executives See a Coronavirus Vaccine as Cure for Current Market Challenges -
COVID-19 Congressional Negotiations Stall; Republican Package Includes Liability Protections, PPP Round 2, and Healthy Workplaces Tax Credit
Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over the next round of COVID-19 relief stalled this week after policymakers could not bridge significant differences between the GOP’s $1 trillion package released Monday and the $3.4 trillion proposal House Democrats passed in May.Full story: COVID-19 Congressional Negotiations Stall; Republican Package Includes Liability Protections, PPP Round 2, and Healthy Workplaces Tax Credit -
Republicans Seek Intra-Party Consensus on Coronavirus Aid as Unemployment Benefits Expire and Democrats Wait to Begin Negotiations
The White House and Senate Republicans have reached an “agreement in principle” on GOP priorities for another COVID-19 relief package but legislative text is still in the drafting phase, as negotiations in earnest with Democrats have yet to commence.Full story: Republicans Seek Intra-Party Consensus on Coronavirus Aid as Unemployment Benefits Expire and Democrats Wait to Begin Negotiations -
Policymakers Signal Positions on Next COVID-19 Relief Package; Negotiations Expected to Address Business Liability and Aid to Business Sectors
Lawmakers return to Washington on July 20 to begin urgent negotiations on a massive COVID-19 relief package that is expected to address business liability, unemployment benefits and tax incentives before Congress breaks for its August recess.Full story: Policymakers Signal Positions on Next COVID-19 Relief Package; Negotiations Expected to Address Business Liability and Aid to Business Sectors -
RER - COVID-19 Economic Crisis Alerts
The Real Estate Roundtable's Weekly COVID-19 Economic Crisis UpdateFull story: RER - COVID-19 Economic Crisis Alerts -
Real Estate Roundtable Re-Elects Cafaro as Chair, Approves Five New Board Members; 2020 Annual Report Focuses on National Recovery
The Real Estate Roundtable’s membership has re-elected Debra A. Cafaro (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas, Inc.) as Chair, while approving three new members for its Board of Directors who will serve during the organization’s 2021 fiscal year (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021).Full story: Real Estate Roundtable Re-Elects Cafaro as Chair, Approves Five New Board Members; 2020 Annual Report Focuses on National Recovery -
NEWS: Real Estate Roundtable Re-Elects Ventas’ Debra A. Cafaro as Chair and Approves Five New Board Members
The Real Estate Roundtable’s membership has re-elected Debra A. Cafaro (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas, Inc.) as Chair, while approving five new members for its Board of Directors who will serve during the organization’s 2021 fiscal year.Full story: NEWS: Real Estate Roundtable Re-Elects Ventas’ Debra A. Cafaro as Chair and Approves Five New Board Members -
Key Policymakers Testify on COVID-19 Relief and CRE; Congress Extends PPP until August 8; House Passes Bill Extending Eviction Moratorium 12 Months
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered their views on potential COVID-19 relief for commercial real estate during a June 30 House Financial Services Committee that focused on the federal government’s response to the pandemic...Full story: Key Policymakers Testify on COVID-19 Relief and CRE; Congress Extends PPP until August 8; House Passes Bill Extending Eviction Moratorium 12 Months