UNITED STATES
                       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


                                September 9, 1999
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                     MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



    TENNESSEE                       1-12762                   62-1543819
 (State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
                                                        Identification Number)



                          6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 340
                            MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38138
                    (Address of principal executive offices)



                                (901) 682-6600
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code





             (Former name or address, if changed since last report)





Item 5.  Other events.
Following  notification  of the New York Stock  Exchange,  the  following  press
release was announced on September 9, 1999:


Memphis,  TN:  September  9,  1999.  Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,   Inc.
(MAA:NYSE)  today  announced  that its Board of  Directors  has  reaffirmed  its
approval of the purchase of up to 1 million of its common shares.

Mid-America  is an  apartment-only  REIT which has  ownership  interests  in and
operates 36,028  apartment units  throughout the  southeastern and midwestern US
and in Texas,  including units in the development pipeline. For further details,
please refer to our website at www.maac.net  or contact Simon R.C.  Wadsworth at
(901) 682-6668 ext. 104., 6584 Poplar Ave., Suite 340, Memphis, TN 38138.



                                   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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                        MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.



Date:    September 9, 1999              /s/  Simon R.C. Wadsworth
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                                              Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                              Executive Vice President
                                             (Principal Financial and
                                              Accounting Officer)