Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/02/2016		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Homes 4 Rent [AMH]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, 30601 AGOURA ROAD, SUITE 200		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Class A Common Shares 12,895,461 (1)
D
 
Series A Participating Preferred Shares 28,196
D
 
Series B Participating Preferred Shares 4,981
D
 
Series C Participating Preferred Shares 250,144
D
 
Series D Perpetual Preferred Shares 400,000
D
 
Series A Participating Preferred Shares 6,000
I
By IRA (2)
Series B Participating Peferred Shares 19,000
I
By IRA (2)
Series C Participating Preferred Shares 34,400
I
By IRA (2)
Class A Common Shares 100
I
By Husband
Series A Participating Preferred Shares 192,836
I
By LLC (3)
Series B Participating Preferred Shares 245,852
I
By LLC (3)
Series C Participating Preferred Shares 358,743
I
By LLC (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 08/02/2017(4) 08/02/2026 Class A Common Shares 10,000 $ 21.57 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
GUSTAVSON TAMARA HUGHES
C/O AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT
30601 AGOURA ROAD, SUITE 200
AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301		   X      

Signatures

David Goldberg, attorney-in-fact 08/03/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Does not include any shares held by American Homes 4 Rent, LLC ("AH LLC").AH LLC holds 6,860,763 Class A Common Shares of American Homes 4 Rent (the "Company"), 635,075 Class B Common Shares of the Company, 45,526,644 Class A Units of Company's operating partnership and 8,750,000 Class D Units of Company's operating partnership.HF Investments 2010, LLC, which is comprised of trusts established by B. Wayne Hughes, chairman of the board of trustees of the Company, for certain of his heirs, including the children of the reporting person, owns 88.66% of AH LLC. Does not include 7,010,000 Class A Commons Shares of the Company owned by Mr. Hughes.In September 2015, reporting person & Mr. Hughes jointly filed a Schedule 13D reporting that reporting person has sole voting & dispositive power over her shares & Mr. Hughes has sole voting & dispositive power over his shares.Reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of the shares & units held by AH LLC & the shares held by Mr. Hughes.
(2) By IRA for benefit of reporting person
(3) By limited liability company which is owned 99% by reporting person as trustee and 1% by Mr. Hughes. Reporting person and David Singelyn, Chief Executive Officer of the Company are the managers of the limited liability company. Decisions regarding the disposition and voting of shares held by the limited liability company are made by the reporting person.
(4) Options become exercisable in four equal annual installments begining on the "Date Exerciseable" indicated.

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