Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 *
Goldberg David
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Homes 4 Rent [AMH]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, 30601 AGOURA ROAD, SUITE 200
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2016
(Street)

AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Shares 08/31/2016   J(1)   74,586 A $ 0 (1) 74,586 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class A Units of Operating Partnership (4) 08/31/2016   J(1)   453,001     (3)   (3) Class A Common Shares 453,001 (4) 453,001 (1) I See Footnote (2)
Class D Units of Operating Partnership (6) 08/31/2016   J(1)   87,065 (6)     (5)   (5) Class A Units of Operating Partnership 87,065 (5) 87,065 (1) (6) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Goldberg David
C/O AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT
30601 AGOURA ROAD, SUITE 200
AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301
      Executive Vice President  

Signatures

 Stephanie Heim, attorney-in-fact   08/31/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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) Effective August 31, 2016 American Homes 4 Rent ("AH LLC") was liquidated and distributed to its members, including reporting person, all of the securities in Issuer and its operating partnership owned by AH LLC, in proportion to the members' interests in AH LLC. These securities distributed to reporting person are pledged for a loan to the entity described in note (2).
(2) By David Goldberg Living Trust.
(3) The Class A Units are redeemable begining one year after the date of issuance (subject to certain limitations set forth in the operating partnership agreement). Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
(4) The Class A Units are redeemable at a redemption amount per unit based on the market value of the Company's Class A Common Shares at the time of redemption. The market value will be equal to the average of the closing trading price of the Class A Common Shares for the 10 trading days before the date of receipt of the redemption notice. Issuer may elect in its sole discretion whether to redeem the Class A Units in cash or Class A Common Shares equal to the number of Class A Units offered for redemption.
(5) The Series D Units are automatically convertible into Class A Units on a one-for-one basis in accordance with the operating partnership agreement.
(6) Includes Series D Units previously issued upon conversion of the Series E Units on February 29, 2016.

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