Independence Realty Trust, Inc. announced that the company's board of directors declared monthly cash dividends for the first quarter of 2014 (January, February, March 2014) on IRT's shares of common stock in the amount of $0.06 per share per month, a 12.5% increase from the prior monthly dividend rate. The monthly dividends total $0.18 per share for the first quarter. The dividend payable on February 17, 2014, March 17, 2014 and April 15, 2014 to the share holders record on January 31, 2014, February 28, 2014 and March 31, 2014.