EX-32.2 12 d653077dex322.htm EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James J Sebra, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

March 11, 2014

|  |  |  |  |  | /s/ James J. Sebra
|  |  |  |  |  | James J. Sebra
|  |  |  |  |  | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)