August 22, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:  Form 4 Signature Authority


Dear Sir or Madam:

This letter is submitted as an Attachment to Form 4.  I hereby authorize and
designate the below to file Form 4 on my behalf until such time that a written
confirmation is submitted to the Commission removing such authority.

Leslie B.C. Wolfgang
Vice President, Director of External Reporting and Corporate Secretary
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Kathy Rajadurai
Financial Associate
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.


Sincerely,
/s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
Simon R.C. Wadsworth