POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
 appoints each of Scott J. Fenster, Samantha M. Thompson, Christopher A. Maher,
 and Sonia Konikowska, signing singly, the undersigned?s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

       (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer and/or trustee of Equity Residential (the ?Company?),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any successor forms) in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

       (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4 or 5 (and any successor forms), complete and execute
any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

       (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact?s direction.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
 full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
 and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
 at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
 of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of November, 2019.





     						/s/ TAHSINUL ZIA HUQUE