LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Raphael Licht and Anders F. Laren, signing singly, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Independence Realty
Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, with full power of substitution, hereby ratifying all that such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	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 c/o the Company.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of August 6, 2013.

RAIT Financial Trust
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

RAIT NTR HOLDINGS, LLC
By: RAIT Partnership, LP, its sole member
By: RAIT General, Inc., its general partner
By: /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

BELLE CREEK MEMBER, LLC
By: Belle Creek IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: RAIT NTR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: RAIT Partnership, L.P., its sole member
By: RAIT General, Inc., its general partner
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer


CENTREPOINT MEMBER, LLC
By: RAIT Equity Holdings I, LLC, its sole member
By: RAIT Partnership, L.P., its sole member
By: RAIT General, Inc., its general partner
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer


COPPER MILL MEMBER, LLC
By: Copper Mill IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna IR Holdings Member, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna Realty Finance Trust, its sole member
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

CRESTMONT MEMBER, LLC
By: Crestmont IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna IR Holdings Member, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna Realty Finance Trust, its sole member
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

CUMBERLAND MEMBER, LLC
By: Cumberland IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna IR Holdings Member, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna Realty Finance Trust, its sole member
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

HERITAGE TRACE MEMBER, LLC
By: Heritage Trace IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna IR Holdings Member, LLC, its sole member
By: Taberna Realty Finance Trust, its sole member
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

TRESA AT ARROWHEAD MEMBER, LLC
By: Tresa IR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: RAIT NTR Holdings, LLC, its sole member
By: RAIT Partnership, L.P., its sole member
By: RAIT General, Inc., its general partner
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer

TABERNA IR HOLDINGS MEMBER, LLC
By: Taberna Realty Finance Trust, its sole member
By:  /s/ RAPHAEL LICHT
Raphael Licht
Chief Operating Officer