Hilltop (HTH) 10-K/A 2004 FY Annual report (amended)

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Exhibit 32.1

Certification of CEO 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 amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Affordable Residential Communities Inc. (the "Company") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Scott D. Jackson, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 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/  SCOTT D. JACKSON
Name:	Scott D. Jackson
Title:	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date:	April 29, 2005

        This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Exhibit 32.1

Certification of CEO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002