EXHIBIT 23.1

                    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, 333-3274, 333-20221 and
333-34775) on Form S-3 of Mid-America Apartment Communities,
Inc. of our report dated March 27, 1998 to the consolidated
balance sheets of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. as
of December 31, 1997 and 1996, 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, 1997 and our report dated March 27, 1998 to the
financial statement schedule of Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc., which reports are herein included in the
1997 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.




                              /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Memphis, Tennessee
March 30, 1998