Accountants' Consent
 
 
 The Board of Directors and Shareholders
 Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.:
 
 
 We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
 statement (No. 33-91416) on Form S-8 and  the registration
 statements (Nos. 33-95734, 33-96852 and 333-3274) on Form S-3
 of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. of our report dated
 February 14, 1997 to the consolidated balance sheets of Mid-
 America Apartment Communities, Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and
 1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
 shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in
 the three-year period  ended December 31, 1996 and our report
 dated February 14, 1997 to the financial statement schedule of
 Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., which reports are
 herein included in the 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Mid-
 America Apartment Communities, Inc. Our reports refer to the
 Company's change in its accounting method  to capitalize
 replacement purchases for major appliances and carpet in 1996.
 
 
 
                             KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
 
 
 Memphis, Tennessee
 March 28, 1997