<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001562401-15-000008.txt : 20150227
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562401-15-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150227

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			American Homes 4 Rent
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001562401
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				461229660
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30601 WEST AGOURA ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			AGOURA HILLS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(805) 413-5300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30601 WEST AGOURA ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			AGOURA HILLS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91301

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Woolley Kenneth M.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001299642

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36013
		FILM NUMBER:		15656534

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2795 EAST COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 400
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84121
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    <periodOfReport>2015-02-26</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001562401</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>American Homes 4 Rent</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AMH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001299642</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Woolley Kenneth M.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>30601 AGOURA ROAD, SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AGOURA HILLS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91301</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>16.48</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-02-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2016-02-26</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-02-26</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options become exercisable in four equal annual installments begining on the &quot;Date Excerciseable&quot; indicated.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Stephanie Heim, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-02-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>UPDATED POWER OF ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF MR. WOOLLEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY







   The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David P. Singelyn, Sara Vogt-Lowell, David Goldberg, Diana Laing and Stephanie Heim as the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, and grants each of them full power to act on behalf of the undersigned and in the undersigned?s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, for the purpose of completing and signing, on behalf of the undersigned,



* any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 required or permitted to be filed by the undersigned pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ?Exchange Act?),



* any Form 144 required to be filed by the undersigned under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ?Securities Act?), and Rule 144 promulgated thereunder, and



* any and all other documents, including, without limitation, Form ID, necessary or desirable to facilitate the filing by the undersigned of Form 144 and forms under Section 16 of the Exchange Act,



with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of American Homes 4 Rent, including, without limitation, the power to complete and sign any and all amendments to such forms and documents, if any, and to file such forms and documents and amendments thereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection with such forms and documents and amendments thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is American Homes 4 Rent assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or Form 144 with respect to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities issued by American Homes 4 Rent, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



       The undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Securities and Exchange Commission requires any electronic requests for a Form ID and/or Passphrase be authenticated. The undersigned hereby confirms the authenticity of any such electronic request submitted for a Form ID and/or Passphrase, or any update thereto, by any of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact on or after the date hereof.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of February __, 2015.





       Signature:

 Name: Kenneth Woolley

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