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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
listed below of Apartment Investment and Management Company and in the related
Prospectuses of our report dated January 24, 2001, except for Note 24, as to
which the date is March 29, 2001, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of Apartment Investment and Management Company included
in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2000.


Form S-3 (No. 333-828)
Form S-3 (No. 333-8997)
Form S-3 (No. 333-17431)
Form S-3 (No. 333-20755)
Form S-3 (No. 333-4546)
Form S-3 (No. 333-36531)
Form S-3 (No. 333-36537)
Form S-3 (No. 333-4542)
Form S-8 (No. 333-4550)
Form S-8 (No. 333-4548)
Form S-8 (No. 333-14481)
Form S-8 (No. 333-36803)
Form S-8 (No. 333-41719)
Form S-4 (No. 333-49075)
Form S-3 (No. 333-47201)
Form S-8 (No. 333-57617)
Form S-4 (No. 333-60663)
Form S-8 (No. 333-70409)
Form S-3 (No. 333-61409)
Form S-3 (No. 333-69121)
Form S-3 (No. 333-75109)
Form S-4 (No. 333-60355)
Form S-8 (No. 333-75349)
Form S-3 (No. 333-77257)
Form S-3 (No. 333-77067)
Form S-3 (No. 333-81689)
Form S-3 (No. 333-92743)
Form S-3 (No. 333-31718)
Form S-3 (No. 333-50742)
Form S-4 (No. 333-51154)
Form S-3 (No. 333-52808)


                              /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Denver, Colorado
April 12, 2001