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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-052089
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190226
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190226

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36013
		FILM NUMBER:		19634347

	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
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February&nbsp;26, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland (American Homes 4 Rent)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-36013</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">46-1229660</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>30601 Agoura Road, Suite 200</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Agoura Hills, California</B></P></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(805)&nbsp;413-5300</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
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emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February&nbsp;26, 2019, American Homes 4 Rent (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) a prospectus
supplement dated February&nbsp;26, 2019 (the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;) to its prospectus dated August&nbsp;4, 2017, which was included in its automatic shelf registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (No. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219720)</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;). The Prospectus Supplement relates to the possible resale, from time to time, by certain selling securityholders of up to 6,970,737 of the Company&#146;s
Class&nbsp;A common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Shares&#148;), which were being registered pursuant to an agreement containing provisions relating to registration rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is filing the opinions of its counsel, Hogan Lovells US LLP, as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, regarding the legality of the Class&nbsp;A Common Shares
covered by the Prospectus Supplement. Exhibit 5.1 is incorporated herein by reference and into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, respectively. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: February&nbsp;26, 2019</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Stephanie Heim</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hogan Lovells US LLP</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbia Square</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February&nbsp;26, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Board
of Trustees </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">American Homes 4 Rent </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">30601 Agoura Road, Suite
200 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Agoura Hills, California 91301 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are acting as counsel to American Homes 4 Rent, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), in connection with the public
offering of up to 6,970,737 Class&nbsp;A common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<B>Shares</B>&#148;), of the Company by the selling securityholders named in a prospectus supplement dated February&nbsp;26, 2019
(the &#147;<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148;), pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus dated August&nbsp;4, 2017 (such documents, collectively, the &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148;) that form a part of the Company&#146;s
effective shelf registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-219720),</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;4, 2017 (the
&#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Act</B>&#148;). The Shares include outstanding Class&nbsp;A common shares (the &#147;<B>Outstanding Shares</B>&#148;) and Class&nbsp;A common
shares that may be issued in the future upon exchange of units of partnership interest in American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. (the &#147;<B>Exchange Shares</B>&#148;). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the
requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K,</FONT> 17 C.F.R. &#167; 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to
render the opinion hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us,
the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). We also have assumed that the Shares were not and will not be issued in violation of the
ownership limit contained in the Company&#146;s Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust, as amended. As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and
we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing. </P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. &#147;Hogan Lovells&#148; is an international legal practice
that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Birmingham Boston Brussels Colorado&nbsp;Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi
Ho&nbsp;Chi&nbsp;Minh&nbsp;City Hong&nbsp;Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los&nbsp;Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico&nbsp;City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Moscow Munich New&nbsp;York Northern&nbsp;Virginia Paris Perth Philadelphia
Rio&nbsp;de&nbsp;Janeiro Rome San&nbsp;Francisco S&atilde;o&nbsp;Paulo Shanghai Silicon&nbsp;Valley Singapore Sydney Tokyo Warsaw Washington&nbsp;DC Associated offices: Budapest Jakarta Shanghai FTZ Ulaanbaatar Zagreb. Business Service Centers:
Johannesburg Louisville. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the applicable provisions of Title 8 of the
Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, currently in effect. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, or regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that (i)&nbsp;the Outstanding Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid, and are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable,</FONT> and (ii)&nbsp;the Exchange Shares, to the extent issued upon exchange of units of partnership interest in American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. in accordance with the Agreement of
Limited Partnership of American Homes 4 Rent, L.P, as amended, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> on the date hereof, which Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no
obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as
Exhibit 5.1 to the above-described Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and to the reference to this firm under the caption &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an
&#147;expert&#148; within the meaning of the Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP </P>
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