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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, David P. Stockert, certify that:



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| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on
    Form 10-K of Post Properties, Inc. and Post Apartment
    Homes, L.P.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does
    not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
    state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
    light of the circumstances under which such statements were
    made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
    annual report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
    and other financial information included in this annual report,
    fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
    results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of,
    and for, the periods presented in this annual report;                      
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| | 4. | The registrants other certifying officers
    and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
    disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
    Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:                                                                                                       



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| | a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures
    to ensure that material information relating to the registrants,
    including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
    by others within those entities, particularly during the period
    in which this annual report is being prepared;                                                                                
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| | b) | Designed such internal control over financial
    reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
    reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
    reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
    reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
    external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles;
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| | c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the
    registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
    presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
    of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
    period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                            
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| | d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the
    registrants internal control over financial reporting that
    occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter
    that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
    materially affect, the registrants internal control over
    financial reporting; and                                                             



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| | 5. | The registrants other certifying officer
    and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
    internal control over financial reporting, to the
    registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
    registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
    equivalent functions):



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| | a) | All significant deficiencies and material
    weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
    financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
    affect the registrants ability to record, process,
    summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
    management or other employees who have a significant role in the
    registrants internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                       

March 12, 2004

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|POST PROPERTIES, INC.
    a Georgia corporation                                  |  | POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
    a Georgia limited partnership                                                                          
|/s/ David P. StockertDavid P. Stockert
    President and Chief Executive Officer |  | By: POST GP HOLDINGS, INC.,
    a Georgia corporation, its
    sole general partner                                                   
|                                                                                 |  | /s/ David P. Stockert
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    David P. Stockert
    President and Chief Executive Officer






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