VAN KAMPEN MERRITT INSURED INCOME TRUST SERIES 29, 485BPOS, EX-99.1.1, 2000-06-26

VAN KAMPEN MERRITT INSURED INCOME TRUST SERIES 29
485BPOS, EX-99.1.1, 2000-06-26

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               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

   We have issued our report dated April 28, 2000 accompanying the financial
statements of Van Kampen Merritt Insured Income Trust, Series 29 as of February
29, 2000, and for the period then ended, contained in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 7 to Form S-6.

   We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Post-Effective
Amendment and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Auditors".

                                                       Grant Thornton LLP

Chicago, Illinois
June 26, 2000