EXHIBIT 32.2

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

     In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Equity
LifeStyle Properties, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (the "Form
10-Q"), 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 Form 10-Q 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 Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Equity
     LifeStyle Properties, Inc.


Date: May 5, 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.