EXHIBIT 32.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In connection with the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of Equity
LifeStyle Properties, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2005 (the "Annual
Report"), I, Thomas P. Heneghan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Equity
LifeStyle Properties, Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of
my knowledge:

1.   the Annual Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   the information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
     Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.


Date: March 2, 2006                    By: /s/ Thomas P. Heneghan
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                                           Thomas P. Heneghan
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

  A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS BEEN
  PROVIDED TO EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. AND WILL BE RETAINED BY EQUITY
     LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                      COMMISSION OR ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.