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<LEGEND>
                              The Schedule contains summary     
                              financial information extracted   
                              from the financial statements for 
                              Cambridge + Related Housing       
                              Properties L.P. and is qualified  
                              in its entirety by reference to   
                              such financial statements         
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Cambridge + Related Housing Properties L.P. 
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