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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, David P. Stockert, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Post Properties,
Inc. and Post Apartment Homes, L.P.;                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this 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
report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                   
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|4. |  | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), for
the registrant and have:                                                                                                                             



| | a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision,
to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared; and
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| | b) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report my 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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| | c) |  | Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.                                                                      



|5. |  | I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants 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 registrants 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 registrants internal
control over financial reporting.                                                                                               

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|November 14, 2003                                                                                               |  |                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|POST PROPERTIES, INC.
a Georgia corporation                                                                     |  | POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P.
a Georgia limited partnership
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|/s/ David P. StockertDavid P. Stockert
President and Chief Executive Officer
and acting Chief Financial Officer |  | By:                                                      | POST GP HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Georgia corporation, its
sole general partner
/s/ David P. StockertDavid P. Stockert
President and Chief Executive Officer
and acting Chief Financial Officer