CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Published on
EXHIBIT 23.2B
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Equity Residential
Properties Trust for the registration of 7,000,000 common shares and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 31, 1997, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Evans
Withycombe Residential, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in the Current Report on
Form 8-K of Equity Residential Properties Trust dated September 10, 1997, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
October 27, 1997