Jeff DeBoer, President and CEO of the Real Estate Roundtable, joins Sam Chandan to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the commercial real estate sector and the Roundtable's current policy priorities. They discuss the Roundtable's recommendations for reforming the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the merits of a Pandemic Risk Insurance Act akin to TRIA, the rent obligation chain, and the Roundtable's broader engagement with Congress and industry leadership. The research and policy recommendations discussed during this segment, as well as the Roundtable's COVID-19 Resource Center, can be found at  www.rer.org.

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