**Exhibit 31.1****CERTIFICATIONS**I, David P. Stockert, certify that:1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K/A of Post Properties, Inc. and Post Apartment Homes,L.P.;2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included inthis report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;4. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrants and we have: a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared;  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internalcontrol over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controlsand procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’internal control over financial reporting; and5. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and theaudit committee of the registrants’ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions): a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;and  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.Date: April 29, 2008           By: /s/ David P. Stockert David P. Stockert President and Chief Executive Officer of Post Properties, Inc.   By: /s/ David P. Stockert David P. StockertPresident and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Post GP Holdings,Inc., the sole generalpartner of Post ApartmentHomes, L.P.  
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