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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - EQUITY RESIDENTIALd10q.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF MARK J. PARRELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. - EQUITY RESIDENTIALdex312.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - EQUITY RESIDENTIALdex322.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF DAVID J. NEITHERCUT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. - EQUITY RESIDENTIALdex311.htm
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - EQUITY RESIDENTIALFinancial_Report.xls

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Equity Residential (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David J. Neithercut, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

 

  (1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/

 

David J. Neithercut

David J. Neithercut

Chief Executive Officer

May 6, 2010