FREEHOLD, NJ (REIT Media) May 5, 2009 - Eugene W. Landy, Chairman of the Board of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) announced that, on May 5, 2009, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share payable June 30, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business June 1, 2009. The Company's annual dividend rate is $0.72 per share.

UMH Properties, Inc., a publicly-owned real estate investment trust, owns and operates twenty-eight manufactured home communities located in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee. In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities. UMH has been in operation since 1968, operating as a public company since 1985.

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