Exhibit 4.2

Unless this  certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository  Trust Company,  a New York corporation  ("DTC"),  to the Company (as
defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer,  exchange, or payment,
and any  certificate  issued is  registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other  name as is  requested  by an  authorized  representative  of DTC (and any
payment  is made to Cede & Co. or to such  other  entity as is  requested  by an
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR  OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL  inasmuch as the  registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED                                                   PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No.: __                                                           $____________
                                  (___________ Notes, $25 principal amount each)
CUSIP No.: 910197 40 9

                       UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
                      8 1/2% MONTHLY INCOME NOTE DUE 2008

         UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation (hereinafter
called the "Company," which term shall include any successor  corporation  under
the Indenture  hereinafter referred to), for value received,  hereby promises to
pay to ________ , or registered assigns,  upon presentation,  the principal sum
of ______________________________________ DOLLARS on November 15, 2008, and to
pay interest on the outstanding principal amount thereon from November 18, 1998,
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, monthly in arrears on the fifteenth day of the month (each an
"Interest Payment Date"),  commencing December 15, 1998, and at maturity, at the
rate of 8 1/2% per annum,  until the entire  principal  amount hereof is paid or
made  available  for payment.  Interest on this Note shall be  calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year  consisting  of twelve  30-day  months.  The interest so
payable,  and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will,  as  provided in the  Indenture,  be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more  Predecessor  Securities)  is  registered  at the  close of
business on the Regular  Record Date for such interest  which shall be the first
day of the month  (whether or not a Business  Day),  immediately  preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for shall  forthwith  cease to be payable to the Holder on such  Regular  Record
Date,  and may  either be paid to the  Person in whose name this Note (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record  Date  for the  payment  of such  Defaulted  Interest  to be fixed by the
Trustee,  notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities  exchange on which the Notes may be listed,  and upon such notice
as  may be  required  by  such  exchange,  all as  more  fully  provided  in the
Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at
the office or agency of the Company  maintained  for that purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan,  The City of New York and in Charlotte,  North  Carolina,  in such
coin or  currency  of the United  States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by (i) check mailed to
the address of the Person  entitled  thereto as such address shall appear in the

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Security  Register  kept for the Notes  pursuant to Section 305 of the Indenture
(the "Note  Register")  or (ii)  transfer  to an account of the Person  entitled
thereto located inside the United States.

         This  Note  is one of a duly  authorized  issue  of  Securities  of the
Company  (herein  called  the  "Notes"),  issued and to be issued in one or more
series  under an  Indenture,  dated as of  November 1, 1995  (herein  called the
"Indenture"),  between the Company and First Union National Bank (formerly First
Union  National  Bank of  Virginia)  (herein  called the  "Trustee,"  which term
includes any successor  trustee under the Indenture  with respect to the Notes),
to which Indenture and all indentures  supplemental  thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities  thereunder of the Company,  the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes
and of the terms  upon  which the Notes are,  and are to be,  authenticated  and
delivered.  This Note is one of the  series  designated  as the "8 1/2%  Monthly
Income  Notes due 2008,"  limited  (subject to the  exceptions  set forth in the
Board Resolution with respect to the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$__________.

         This Note is not redeemable at the option of the Company.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire  indebtedness  of the  Company on the Notes and (b)  certain  restrictive
covenants  and the  related  defaults  and Events of Default  applicable  to the
Company, in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set
forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Note.

         If an Event of Default  with  respect to the Notes  shall  occur and be
continuing, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes may be
declared  due and  payable in the manner  and with the  effect  provided  in the
Indenture.

         As provided  in and subject to the  provisions  of the  Indenture,  the
Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute  any  proceeding  with
respect to the Indenture or for the  appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder,  unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee  written  notice of a  continuing  Event of Default  with respect to the
Notes,  the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the
time  Outstanding  shall have made  written  request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings  in respect of such Event of  Default  as Trustee  and  offered  the
Trustee  reasonable  indemnity  and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any
such proceeding,  for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof and the  modification  of the rights and  obligations  of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes  under the  Indenture  at any
time by the Company and the Trustee  with the consent of the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal
amount of the Notes at the time  Outstanding,  on behalf of the  Holders  of all
Notes,  to waive  compliance  by the  Company  with  certain  provisions  of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their  consequences.
Any such  consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be  conclusive  and
binding  upon such  Holder and upon all  future  Holders of this Note and of any
Note issued upon the  registration of transfer hereof or in exchange  herefor or
in lieu  hereof,  whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Note.

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         No reference  herein to the  Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture  shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,  which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth,  the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register,  upon
surrender of this Note for  registration  of transfer at the office or agency of
the Company in any Place of  Payment,  duly  endorsed  by, or  accompanied  by a
written  instrument  of  transfer  in form  satisfactory  to the Company and the
Security  Registrar for the Notes (the "Note  Registrar")  duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly  authorized in writing,  and thereupon one or
more new Notes of this  series,  of  authorized  denominations  and for the same
aggregate  principal  amount,  will be issued to the  designated  transferee  or
transferees.

         The Notes are  issuable  only in  registered  form  without  coupons in
denominations  of $25 and any  integral  multiple  thereof.  As  provided in the
Indenture  and  subject  to certain  limitations  therein  set forth,  Notes are
exchangeable  for a like  aggregate  principal  amount  of Notes of a  different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such  registration  of transfer
or exchange,  but the Company may require  payment of a sum  sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company,  the  Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose  name  this  Note is  registered  as the  owner  hereof  for all
purposes,  whether or not this Note be overdue,  and neither  the  Company,  the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No  recourse  under  or upon  any  obligation,  covenant  or  agreement
contained  in the  Indenture  or in this Note,  or  because of any  indebtedness
evidenced  thereby,  shall be had against any promoter,  as such, or against any
past,  present or future  shareholder,  officer  or  director,  as such,  of the
Company or of any  successor,  either  directly  or through  the  Company or any
successor,  under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement  of any  assessment  or by any  legal  or  equitable  proceeding  or
otherwise,  all such  liability  being  expressly  waived  and  released  by the
acceptance of this Note by the Holder  thereof and as part of the  consideration
for the issue of the Notes.

         All terms used in this Note which are  defined in the  Indenture  shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES,  INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

         Pursuant to a  recommendation  promulgated  by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to be
printed  on  the  Notes  as a  convenience  to the  Holders  of  the  Notes.  No
representation  is made as to the  correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers
as  printed  on  the  Notes,  and  reliance  may be  placed  only  on the  other
identification numbers printed hereon.

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         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or
on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:                              UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
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                                    By:_____________________________________
                                        Name:  James Dolphin
                                       Title:  Executive Vice President and
[SEAL]                                         Chief Financial Officer

Attest:


By:_________________________________
   Name:  Katheryn E. Surface
   Title:  Senior Vice President, Secretary
           and General Counsel

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

         This is one of the  Securities  of the  series  designated  herein  and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
   as Trustee

By:_________________________________
         Authorized Signatory

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including
Zip Code of Assignee)


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the within Note of United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., and irrevocably
constitutes and appoints


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Attorney to transfer  said Note on the books of the  within-named  Company  with
full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:
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NOTICE:  The signature to this  assignment  must  correspond with the name as it
appears  on the  first  page of the  within  Note in every  particular,  without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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