FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

               April 17, 2012

               Contact:   Susan M. Jordan

         732-577-9997

UMH PROPERTIES, INC. DECLARES COMMON AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

FREEHOLD, NJ, April 17, 2012…...........Eugene W. Landy, Chairman of the Board of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) announced that, on April 17, 2012, the Board of Directors declared its quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s Common Stock of $0.18 per share payable June 15, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business May 15, 2012.  The Company’s annual dividend rate on its Common Stock is $0.72 per share.  

Also on April 17, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.515625 per share for the period from March 1, 2012 through May 31, 2012, on the Company’s 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable June 15, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2012.  Series A preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $2.0625 per share.

UMH Properties, Inc., a publicly owned real estate investment trust, owns and operates forty-one manufactured home communities with approximately 9,010 total home sites located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Indiana.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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