U.S. lawmakers frequently introduce legislation aimed at alleviating the effects of the recent downturn in the economy, some of which, in whole or in part, may involve bills that include language related to commercial real estate and the securitization markets. Below are those items the Council believes are of key consequence as they move through the legislative process.

Featured Documents

> CREFC, Coalition Warn Supercommittee About Changes to Carried Interest

> A Framework For A Sustainable Commercial Real Estate Recovery

> Council Testifies on CRE before House Financial Services Committee

> H.R. 5872 – Increasing FHA Funding for Multifamily Loan Guarantees

 July 29, 2010
Council Testifies on CRE before House Financial Services Committee 

June 16, 2010
Council Letter on H.R. 5297 – The Small Business Lending Fund Act  

 October 18, 2011
CREFC, Coalition Warn Supercommittee About Changes to Carried Interest 

September 3, 2010
OCC Survey on Credit Underwriting Standards 

 August 4, 2010 
H.R. 5872 – Increasing FHA Funding for Multifamily Loan Guarantees 

July 29, 2010
H.R. 5943 – The Community Recovery and Enhancement Act (CREA )

July 22, 2010
H.R. 5816 – The Commercial Real Estate Stabilization Act (CRESA )

June 17, 2010
H.R. 5297 – the Small Business Lending Fund Act (SBLF )

June 17, 2010
Conference Report on H.R. 5297 (SBLF )

 May 24,2010 
FDIC’s Sale on $233 Million of CRE Bonds – Transaction Summary

 March 1, 2010
A Framework For A Sustainable Commercial Real Estate Recovery

February 22, 2010 
Steptoe Summary of Congressional Oversight Panel Report on CRE    

February 10, 2010 
Congressional Oversight Panel Issues Report on CRE and Risk to Financial Stability  

February 1, 2010 
Members of Congress Press Regulators on CRE Loan Modification Guidance  

October 30, 2009 
Policy Statement on Prudent CRE Loan Workouts

September 25, 2008 
House Republican Proposal to Create Mortgage Insurance Program 

September 22, 2008 
Steptoe Memo on Treasury, House and Senate Plans to Purchase Mortgage Related Assets
Treasury Fact Sheet 

September, 2008
Legislative Proposal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-Related Assets