8-K

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 17, 2008

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UMH Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland    001-12690       22-1890929

(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission    (IRS Employer

of incorporation)   File Number)    Identification No.)

Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ    07728

(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On June 17, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors of UMH Properties, Inc. approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to purchase up to $10 million in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock.

The share repurchase program is intended to be implemented through purchases made from time to time using a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or block trades, or by any combination of such methods, in accordance with applicable insider trading and other securities laws and regulations.

The size, scope and timing of any purchases will be based on business, market and other conditions and factors, including price, regulatory and contractual requirements or consents, and capital availability.

The repurchase program does not require the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion without prior notice.  Shares of stock repurchased under the program will be held as treasury shares.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing these matters is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits.

99

Press Release dated June 17, 2008

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

UMH Properties, Inc.

Date:  June 17, 2008

By:      /s/ Anna T. Chew

Name:

Anna T. Chew

Title:

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 17, 2008       

Contact:  

Rosemarie Faccone

Susan Jordan

(732) 577-9996

UMH PROPERTIES, INC.

ANNOUNCES SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

Freehold, NJ, June 17, 2008…….The Board of Directors of UMH Properties, Inc. (AMEX:UMH) approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to purchase up to $10 million in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock.

The share repurchase program is intended to be implemented through purchases made from time to time using a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or block trades, or by any combination of such methods, in accordance with applicable insider trading and other securities laws and regulations.

The size, scope and timing of any purchases will be based on business, market and other conditions and factors, including price, regulatory and contractual requirements or consents, and capital availability.

The repurchase program does not require the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion without prior notice.  Shares of stock repurchased under the program will be held as treasury shares.

UMH, a publicly-owned REIT, owns and operates twenty-eight manufactured home communities located in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

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