POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Bruce C. Strohm, Yasmina
Duwe, Jane D. Matz and Michelle L. La Pelle, 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 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
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
ntil 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 December,
2009.

/s/ LINDA WALKER BYNOE