EXHIBIT 14





            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the use in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement No. 333-124812 on Form N-14 under the Securities Act of 1933, of our
reports dated December 10, 2004, appearing in the Annual Reports of Van Kampen
Strategic Sector Municipal Trust and Van Kampen Select Sector Municipal Trust,
for the year ended October 31, 2004, included in the Statement of Additional
Information which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the references
to us under the headings "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and
"Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization" included in the Statement of
Additional Information.





/S/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Chicago, Illinois
June 28, 2005