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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-K/A
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071231
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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001075415
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				043445278
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15319
		FILM NUMBER:		08688586

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CENTRE STREET
		CITY:			NEWTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02458
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6173323990
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non-affiliates was $1.7 billion based on the $20.35 closing price per common
share on the New York Stock Exchange on June 29, 2007. For purposes of this
calculation, an aggregate of 250,168 common shares held directly or by
affiliates of the trustees and officers of the registrant have been included in
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filing this Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, or Form 10-K/A,
to amend Item 15 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, or the Annual Report, which was originally filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008.</font></div>
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amending Item 15 of the Annual Report to add summary audited financial
information regarding Five Star Quality Care, Inc. for its fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as reported by that company in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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addition, we are filing or furnishing, as indicated in this Form 10-K/A, as
exhibits certain currently dated certifications.</font></div>
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amendment is limited in scope to the summary audited financial information
described above and does not amend, update, or change any other items or
disclosures contained in the Annual Report.&#160; Accordingly, all other items
that remain unaffected are omitted in this filing.&#160;&#160;Except as
described in the preceding paragraphs, we do not purport by this Form 10-K/A to
update any of the information contained in the Annual Report.</font></div><br>
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schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related
instructions, or are inapplicable, and therefore have been omitted.</font></div>
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audited financial information for Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or Five Star,
for its fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, as reported in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
Reference is made to Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007 for additional information with respect to Five
Star.</font></div>
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duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</font></div>
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      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
      report; and</font></div>
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      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
      financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">I
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      Housing Properties Trust;</font></div>
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      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
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      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
      financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
      report.</font></div>
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      Housing Properties Trust;</font></div>
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      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
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      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
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      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
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