As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2000
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2000

                       EQUITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TRUST
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

         MARYLAND                     1-12252                      13-3675988
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION       (COMMISSION               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION    FILE NUMBER            IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                      TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS                     60606
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)           (ZIP CODE)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 474-1300

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)


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ITEM 7.  Financial Statements, PRO FORMA Financial Information and Exhibits

          Exhibit
          NUMBER             EXHIBIT

             8               Opinion of Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe which is
                             being filed pursuant to Regulation 601(b)(8) as an
                             exhibit to the Registrant's registration statements
                             on Form S-3, SEC file nos. 333-80835, 333-72961,
                             333-45533, 333-39289, 333-12983, 333-06873,
                             33-97680 and 33-84974 (the "Registration
                             Statements") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
                             amended, and which, as this Form 8-K filing is
                             incorporated by reference in such registration
                             statements, is set forth in full in each such
                             registration statement, which opinion relates to
                             the discussion under the heading "Federal Income
                             Tax Considerations" set forth in the Registrant's
                             Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending
                             December 31, 1999, which discussion is incorporated
                             by reference into each of the Registration
                             Statements and replaces and supersedes any prior
                             discussion of "Federal Income Tax Considerations"
                             set forth in or incorporated by reference into each
                             of the Registration Statements.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    EQUITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TRUST

Date:    March 24, 2000             By:/s/ MICHAEL J. MCHUGH
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                                    Michael J. McHugh, Executive Vice President,
                                    Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer




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