KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT S-11/A Registration of securities for real estate companies (amended)

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the use of our report dated February 23, 2010 with respect to the consolidated financial statements included in Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement (Form S-11 No. 333-161449) and related Prospectus of KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. for the registration of 280,000,000 shares of its common stock.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Irvine, California

February 23, 2010