Exhibit 31.1


                         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE
                                13a-15 or 15d-15


I, Stuart J. Boesky, hereby certify that:

     1.  I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form  10-Q for the  period
         ending June 30, 2003 of Charter Municipal Mortgage Acceptance Company;

     2.  Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  report  does not  contain any
         untrue  statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact
         necessary  in  order  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 quarterly report;

     3.  Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly report;

     4.  The registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I are 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 we have:

         a) designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures  or caused such
         disclosure   controls  and   procedures   to  be  designed   under  our
         supervision,  to  ensure  the  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 quarterly report is being prepared;

         b) 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  quarterly   report  based  on  such
         evaluation; and

         c) disclosed in this  quarterly  report any change 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.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,  based
         on our most recent  evaluation,  to the  registrant's  auditors and the
         audit  committee  of   registrant's   board  of  directors  or  persons
         performing the equivalent functions:

         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

         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.


Date: August 14, 2003                                By:  /s/Stuart J. Boesky
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                                                       Stuart J. Boesky
                                                       Chief Executive Officer


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