EXHIBIT 32.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, I,
Howard Walker, Chief Executive Officer of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc.,
hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge,
that:

1.       such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Manufactured Home Communities,
         Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 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 such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
         Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30,
         2003 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
         and results of operations of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc.

Date: November 10, 2003             By: /s/ HOWARD WALKER
                                        _______________________________________
                                        Howard Walker
                                          Chief Executive Officer