Krupp Government Income Trust (KRPI) 10-K 2002 FY Annual report

Exhibit 10.5

Berkshire Income Realty, Inc.
One Beacon Street, Suite 1500
Boston, Massachusetts  02108

	March 5, 2003
Krupp Government Income Trust
Krupp Government Income Trust II
One Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02108

Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Waiver and Standstill Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2002, by and among Krupp Government Income Trust (“GIT”), Krupp Government Income Trust II (“GIT II” and, collectively with GIT, the “Trusts”), Berkshire Income Realty, Inc. and Berkshire Income Realty-OP, L.P. (the “Waiver Agreement”). This is to confirm our agreement that, notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.3 of the Waiver Agreement, the expiration date of the exemption granted by the Trusts in Section 2.1 of the Waiver Agreement is hereby extended from March 31, 2003 to June 30, 2003.  Except for the foregoing, all of the terms and conditions of the Waiver Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Kindly confirm the foregoing by signing below.

BERKSHIRE INCOME REALTY, INC.
By:		/s/ David C. Quade
		Name:	David C. Quade
		Title:	President
BERKSHIRE INCOME REALTY-OP, L.P.
by:		Berkshire Income Realty, Inc., its General Partner
By:	/s/ David C. Quade
	Name:		David C. Quade
	Title:		President
Acknowledged and agreed as of the date first above written:
KRUPP GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
By:		/s/ Douglas Krupp
		Name:	Douglas Krupp
		Title:	Chairman

KRUPP GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST II
By:	/s/ Douglas Krupp
	Name:	Douglas Krupp
	Title:	Chairman

[Signature Page to Waiver Agreement Amendment]

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