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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HELBIG LEONARD F III   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HOME PROPERTIES INC [HME] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) HOME PROPERTIES, INC., 850 CLINTON SQUARE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/22/2015 (Street) ROCHESTER, NY 14604 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, Par Value $.01 05/22/2015   M   368 (1) A $ 0 (2) 54,520 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units

$ 0 (3)

05/22/2015

A

476 (4)

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

476

$ 0 (4)

25,661

D

Phantom Stock Units

$ 0 (3)

05/22/2015

M

368 (1)

05/22/2015

05/22/2015

common stock

368

$ 0 (2)

25,293

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HELBIG LEONARD F III HOME PROPERTIES, INC. 850 CLINTON SQUARE ROCHESTER, NY 14604	X

Signatures

/s/ Leonard F. Helbig, III, By Ann M. McCormick, attorney-in-fact		05/27/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the conversion of phantom stock to common stock pursuant to the terms of the Issuer's Director Deferred Compensation Plan at the end of the deferral period.
(2)	Each share of phantom stock was the economic equivalent of one share of the Issuer's common stock.
(3)	Converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(4)	Represents phantom stock accrued to the Reporting Person's account pursuant to the Issuer's Director Deferred Compensation Plan at prices ranging from $74.90 to $74.8478. Represents phantom stock units accrued in lieu of cash in payment of stipend fees, the Issuer's contribution to the account pursuant to the Plan and hypothetical shares accrued pursuant to the divident reinvestment feature of the Plan.
(5)	The Reporting Person's account will be paid in the form of the Issuer's common stock on or about the dividend payment date following the 3rd, 5th or 10th anniversary of the deferral depending on the election of the Reporting Person.

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