EXHIBIT 31.2

       CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
                         THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Thomas P. Heneghan, certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Manufactured
          Home Communities, Inc;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
          untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this quarterly report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
          material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
          this quarterly report;

     4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
          registrant and have:

             a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
                disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
                the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

             b) [Paragraph reserved pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47986];

             c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report
                our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
                this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

             d) Disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the
                registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                occurred during the registrant's most recent quarter that has
                materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
                reporting; and

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          function):

             a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
                which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
                ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
                information; and

             b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
                other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
                internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 10, 2004                       By: Thomas P. Heneghan
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                                         Thomas P. Heneghan
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


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