S-4: Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

EXHIBIT 23.5


CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4, dated August 23, 1994) and related Joint
Proxy Statement and Prospectus of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. and Health
Equity Properties Incorporated and to the incorporation by reference therein of
our report dated May 12, 1994, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Sterling Health Care Centers, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1993 and the six-months then ended included in Omega Healthcare
Investors, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 26, 1994, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


Ernst & Young LLP


Charleston, West Virginia
August 22, 1994