**Exhibit 31.1****CERTIFICATIONS**I, David P. Stockert, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties, Inc. and PostApartment Homes, L.P.;  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, theperiods presented in this quarterly report;  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)and 15d-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 suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, toprovide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting andthe preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants’ internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent fiscalquarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’ board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions): a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control overfinancial reporting.November 9, 2005         POST PROPERTIES, INC.   POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.  a Georgia corporation   a Georgia limited partnership      By: POST GP HOLDINGS, INC.,  /s/ David P. Stockert     a Georgia corporation, its           David P. Stockert     sole general partner  President and Chief Executive Officer                       /s/ David P. Stockert                 David P. Stockert        President and Chief Executive Officer