EXHIBIT 32.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                    AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and in
connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Post Properties, Inc. ("Post")
and Post Apartment Homes, L.P. ("PAH", and together with Post, the
"Registrants") for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Post and Post GP
Holdings, Inc., PAH's general partner, certifies that:

       1)     the 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 Report fairly presents, in all
              material respects, the financial condition and results of
              operations of the Registrants.



/s/ David P. Stockert
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David P. Stockert
President and Chief Executive Officer
March 15, 2006


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                             Post Properties, Inc.
                           Post Apartment Homes, L.P.