Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

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CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON

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Exhibit 23.1



CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our report dated February 14, 1996 accompanying the
consolidated financial statements of Equity Residential Properties Trust as of
December 31, 1995 and for each of the two years in the period then ended. We
consent to the incorporation by reference of the above report in the
Registration Statement of Equity Residential Properties Trust on Form S-8 and to
the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."


GRANT THORNTON LLP


Chicago, Illinois
October 2, 1997