UMH PROPERTIES, INC.

**UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

UMH Properties, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

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UMH PROPERTIES, INC.

Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C

Freehold, New Jersey 07728

NOTICE OF 2026 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

May 27, 2026

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of UMH Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of the Company at Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, New Jersey 07728, to consider and vote on the following matters, each as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement:

1. The election of four Class II directors, each to hold office until the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2029 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;

2. The ratification of the appointment of PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026;

3. An advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2025;

4. Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on March 6, 2026, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON, YOU SHOULD AUTHORIZE A PROXY TO VOTE YOUR SHARES PRIOR TO THE MEETING USING THE METHODS DETAILED ON PAGES 10 AND 11 OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CRAIG KOSTER

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY

April 17, 2026

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UMH PROPERTIES, INC.

Juniper Business Plaza

3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C

Freehold, New Jersey 07728