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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 * EVANS STEPHEN O   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQUITY RESIDENTIAL [EQR] 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) TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/14/2009 (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60606 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 Shares Of Beneficial Interest 05/14/2009   A   4,701.93 (1) A $ 17.54 20,874.645 (2) I SERP Account Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest               19,816.3172 (3) D   Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest               274.5712 (4) I 401(k) Plan Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest               30,000 (5) I Evans Charitable Foundation Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest               100,000 (6) I Evans Family LLC Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest               4 (7) I Trust

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
EVANS STEPHEN O TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400 CHICAGO, IL 60606	X

Signatures

s/ By: Yasmina Duwe, Attorney-in-fact		05/18/2009
**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 shares acquired through Equity Residential's Employee Share Purchase Plan.
(2)	Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person, and includes shares acquired through dividend reinvestments.
(3)	Direct total includes restricted shares of the Company scheduled to vest in the future along with shares acquired through dividend reinvestments.
(4)	Represents shares acquired through profit sharing contributions and dividend reinvestment activity in the reporting person's account with the Equity Residential Advantage 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, a plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such shares represent acquisitions through April 13, 2009.
(5)	Represents shares beneficially owned by The Evans Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, of which Mr. Evans serves as chairman. Mr. Evans disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares owned by The Evans Charitable Foundation, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(6)	Represents shares beneficially owned by The Evans Family Limited Liability Company ("Evans Family LLC"), of which the reporting person serves as the manager. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares owned by the Evans Family LLC, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(7)	Represents shares beneficially owned by The Evans Family Revocable Trust (the "Trust"), of which Mr. Evans serves as the trustee. Mr. Evans disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares owned by the Trust, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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