Exhibit 31.1



                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I, Marc D. Schnitzer, hereby certify that:

     1.  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of CharterMac;

     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
         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 annual report;

     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  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
         this report;

     4.  The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer 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))  and internal
         control  over  financial  reporting  (as defined in Exchange  Act Rules
         13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and 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 annual report is being prepared;

         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;

         c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure controls
         and  procedures  and  presented in this annual  report our  conclusions
         about the effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures,  as
         of the end of the period  covered by this annual  report  based on such
         evaluation; and

         d)  disclosed  in this  annual  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; and

     5.  The registrant's other certifying  officer and 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 trustees (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:  October 16, 2006                     By: /s/ Marc D. Schnitzer
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                                                         Marc D. Schnitzer
                                                         Chief Executive Officer