WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI LP SERIES 5
10-K, 1999-04-14
OPERATORS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS
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                                    FORM 10-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998

                                       OR

o TRANSITION  REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to ___________

Commission file number: 0-24855


                 WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., Series 5

(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

California                                                   33-0745418

              3158 Redhill Avenue, Suite 120, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

                                 (714) 662-5565

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

NONE

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:

UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST



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         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No ____

         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,
to the best of  registrant's  knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or  information
statements  incorporated  by  reference  in Part  III of this  Form  10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. x

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and
the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g.,  Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document
is  incorporated:  (1) Any annual report to security  holders;  (2) Any proxy or
information  statement;  and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) under the  Securities Act of 1933.  The listed  documents  should be clearly
described for identification  purposes (e.g.,  annual report to security holders
for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).



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Item 1.  Business

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund VI, L.P., Series 5

Organization

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund, VI, L.P., Series 5 (the  "Partnership")  was formed
under  the  California  Revised  Limited  Partnership  Act on March 3,  1997 and
commenced  operations on August 29, 1997. The  Partnership  was formed to invest
primarily in other limited  partnerships  or limited  liability  companies which
will own and operate  multi-family  housing  complexes that will qualify for low
income housing credits (the "Low Income Housing Credit").

The general partner of the Partnership is WNC & Associates,  Inc.  ("Associates"
or the "General  Partner".) Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr., through the Cooper Revocable
Trust, owns just less than 70% of the outstanding  stock of Associates.  John B.
Lester, Jr. is the original limited partner of the Partnership and owns, through
the  Lester  Family  Trust,  just  less  than  30% of the  outstanding  stock of
Associates.  The business of the Partnership is conducted  primarily through the
General Partner as the Partnership has no employees of its own.

Pursuant to a registration  statement  (Commission File No. 333-24111) which was
declared effective on June 23, 1997, the Partnership commenced a public offering
of 25,000 units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Units"),  at a price of $1,000
per Unit.  As of December 31, 1998,  the  Partnership  had received and accepted
subscriptions  for 25,000 Units net of volume and dealer  discounts of $81,1825,
in the amount of  $24,918,175  of which  $918,400 was  represented by promissory
notes of the  subscribers.  Holders of Units are  referred to herein as "Limited
Partners."

Description of Business

The  Partnership's  principal  business  objective  is to  provide  its  Limited
Partners with Low Income Housing Credits.  The Partnership's  principal business
therefore  consists of investing as a limited partner or non-managing  member in
local  limited   partnerships  and  local  limited   companies  ("Local  Limited
Partnerships")  each  of  which  will  own  and  operate  an  apartment  complex
("Apartment  Complex") which will qualify for the Low Income Housing Credit.  In
general,  under Section 42 of the Internal  Revenue Code, an owner of low-income
housing can receive the Low Income  Housing  Credit to be used  against  Federal
taxes otherwise due in each year of a ten-year period.  The Apartment Complex is
subject to a 15-year compliance period (the "Compliance Period").

In general,  in order to avoid  recapture  of Low Income  Housing  Credits,  the
Partnership  does not  expect  that it will  dispose of its  interests  in Local
Limited Partnerships ("Local Limited Partnership Interests") or approve the sale
by any Local Limited  Partnership  of its Apartment  Complex prior to the end of
the  applicable  Compliance  Period.  Because of (i) the nature of the Apartment
Complexes,  (ii) the  difficulty of predicting  the resale market for low-income
housing  15 or  more  years  in the  future,  and  (iii)  the  inability  of the
Partnership  to directly  cause the sale of  Apartment  Complexes by the general
partners or mananging members of the respective Local Limited  Partnerships (the
"Local  General  Partners"),  but  generally  only to require such Local General
Partners  to use their  respective  best  efforts  to find a  purchaser  for the
Apartment  Complexes  (and then subject to the ability of government  lenders to
disapprove of transfers), it is not possible at this time to predict whether the
liquidation of substantially all of the Partnership's assets and the disposition

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of the  proceeds,  if any, in  accordance  with the  Partnership's  Agreement of
Limited  Partnership,  as amended by the First Amendment  thereto  ("Partnership
Agreement")  will be able to be accomplished  promptly at the end of the 15-year
period. If a Local Limited  Partnership is unable to sell an Apartment  Complex,
it is anticipated that the Local General Partner will either continue to operate
such Apartment  Complex or take such other actions as the Local General  Partner
believes  to be in the  best  interest  of the  Local  Limited  Partnership.  In
addition,  circumstances  beyond the  control of the  General  Partner may occur
during the Compliance  Period which would require the Partnership to approve the
disposition of an Apartment Complex prior to the end thereof.

As of December  31, 1998,  the  Partnership  had  invested in two Local  Limited
Partnerships. Each of these Local Limited Partnerships owns an Apartment Complex
that is or is expected to be eligible for the Low Income Housing Credit.  All of
theses  Local  Limited   Partnerships  also  benefit  from  government  programs
promoting low- or moderate-income housing.

The Partnership's  investments in Local Limited  Partnerships are subject to the
risks incident to the management and ownership of low-income  housing and to the
management and ownership of multifamily  residential real estate.  Some of these
risks  are that the Low  Income  Housing  Credit  could be  recaptured  and that
neither the Partnership's  investments nor the Apartment  Complexes owned by the
Local Limited Partnerships will be readily marketable.  Additionally,  there can
be no assurance that the Partnership will be able to dispose of its interests in
the Local Limited Partnerships at the end of the Compliance Period. The value of
the  Partnership's  investments will be subject to changes in national and local
economic conditions,  including unemployment  conditions,  which could adversely
impact vacancy levels, rental payment defaults and operating expenses.  This, in
turn,  could  substantially  increase  the  risk  of  operating  losses  for the
Apartment  Complexes  and the  Partnership.  The  Apartment  Complexes  could be
subject to loss through foreclosure. In addition, each Local Limited Partnership
is subject to risks  relating to  environmental  hazards  and natural  disasters
which might be  uninsurable.  Because the  Partnership's  ability to control its
operations  will  depend on these and other  factors  beyond the  control of the
General Partner and the Local General  Partners,  there can be no assurance that
the  anticipated  Low  Income  Housing  Credits  will be  available  to  Limited
Partners.

As  of  December  31,  1998,  the  two  Apartment  Complexes  were  still  under
construction.  The Apartment  Complexes  were being  developed by the respective
Local  General  Partners  who  acquired  the sites and  applied  for  applicable
mortgages and subsidies. The Partnership became the principal limited partner or
non-managing member in these Local Limited Partnerships pursuant to arm's-length
negotiations with the respective Local General Partners. As a limited partner or
non-managing  member, the Partnership's  liability for obligations of each Local
Limited Partnership is limited to its investment.  The Local General Partners of
each  Local  Limited   Partnership   retain   responsibility   for   developing,
constructing, maintaining, operating and managing the Apartment Complex.

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            SCHEDULE OF PROJECTS OWNED BY LOCAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
                   IN WHICH THE PARTNERSHIP HAS AN INVESTMENT
                             AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                                                     Percentage
                                         Total       Units      Units  of Units
Name & Location                          Units   Completed   Occupied  Occupied

Apartment Housing of Theodore
   Theodore (Mobile County), Alabama       40         0           0         0%
Bradley Villas Limited Partnership
   Bradley (Lafayette County), Arkansas    20        20          19        95%
Chillicothe Plaza Apartments
 Chillicothe (Livingston County),
   Missouri                                28         0           0         0%
Concord Apartment Partners, L.P.
   Orlando (Orlando County), Florida       26        26          26       100%
El Reno Housing Associates L. P.
  El Reno (Canadian County), Oklahoma     100         0           0         0%
Hillcrest Apartments, LP
   Marshaltown (Marshall County), Iowa     32        32          22        69%
Hughes Villas, L.P.
   Hughes (St. Francis), Arkansas          20        20          20       100%
Mansur Wood Living Center, L.P.
   Carbon Cliff (Rock Island), Illinois   115         0           0         0%
Mark Twain Senior Community L.P.
   Oakland (Alameda County), California   109       109          96        88%
Murfreesboro Villas, L.P.
   Murfreesboro (Pike County), Arkansas    24        24          13        54%
Spring Valley Terrace Apartments
 Mayer (Yavapai County), Arizona           20         0           0         0%
United Development Co., L.P. 97.1 
   Memphis (Shelby County), Tennessee      40         0           0         0%
United Development Co., 97.2
   Memphis (Shelby County), Tennessee      20        20          20       100%
                                          ---       ---         ---       --- 
                                          594       271         228        84%
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Item 2.  Properties

Through its investment in Local Limited  Partnerships  the Partnership  holds an
interest in Apartment Complexes.  See Item 1 for information pertaining to these
Apartment Complexes.


Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

NONE


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

NONE


PART II.


Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters


Item 5a.

(a) The Units are not traded on a public  exchange  but are being sold through a
public  offering.  It is not anticipated that any public market will develop for
the  purchase  and sale of any  Unit.  Units  can be  assigned  only if  certain
requirements in the Partnership Agreement are satisfied.

(b) At December 31, 1998, there were 1,382 Limited Partners.

(c) The  Partnership was not designed to provide cash  distributions  to Limited
Partners  in  circumstances   other  than  refinancing  or  disposition  of  its
investments in Local Limited Partnerships. The Limited Partners, who invested in
the Partnership received Housing Tax Credits of $20 to $12 per Unit depending on
the month of investment in 1998.  The limited  partners  received no Housing Tax
Credits in 1997.

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Item 5b.

The  Partnership  conducted  an offering  pursuant to a  registration  statement
(Commission File No.  333-24111) which was declared  effective on June 23, 1997.
As of December 31, 1998 the  Partnership had received  subscriptions  for 25,000
Units,  for an aggregate  amount of capital  contributions of $24,918,175 net of
volume and dealer  discounts of $81,825 in an offering  which  commenced on July
16, 1997.  At December 31, 1998,  the above capital  contributions  consisted of
cash of  $23,999,775  and notes  receivable  of $918,400.  At December 31, 1998,
approximately   $3,183,115  was  paid  or  due  to  Associates  or  WNC  Capital
Corporation,  the  dealer-manager  for the  offering,  for selling  commissions,
wholesaling  activities and in reimbursement of other  organization and offering
expenses.  Included therein are selling commissions of approximately  $1,683,115
and wholesaling and other  organization  and offering  expenses of approximately
$750,000  which were paid or to be paid to to  non-affiliates.  At December  31,
1998, approximately $21,735,000 is invested or available to be invested in Local
Limited Partnership Interests or Reserves as follows:


                            Paid or to be paid    Paid or to be
                            to General Partner    paid to others       Total
                            or affiliates  

Acquisition Fees                $1,670,800                           $1,67,800

Acquisition costs                                    $169,000          169,000

Lower tier partnerships                            18,279,000       18,279,000

Reserves or available
 to be invested                          -          1,616,200        1,616,200
                                 ---------         ----------       ----------  

Total                           $1,670,800        $20,064,200      $21,735,000
                                 =========         ==========       ==========

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

         OMITTED.
         Note  to  Reader.  Some  of  the  limited  partnerships  in  which  the
         Partnership has investments have yet to provide final audited financial
         statements  and other  information  as required  under the terms of the
         respective partnership agreements.  That information is critical to the
         completion of the  Partnership's  required  disclosures  in this Annual
         Report on Form 10K,  including  information on the underlying  property
         investments,   the  Partnership's  financial  statements  and  required
         supplementary  schedules.  Every  effort is being  made to obtain  this
         information and the registrant will file an amended Form 10K as quickly
         as possible.

Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operation

         OMITTED.
         See the Note to Reader in Part II, Item 6.
 
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Impact of Year 2000

The General  Partner has assessed the  Partnership's  exposure to date sensitive
computer  systems that may not be operative  subsequent  to 1999. As a result of
this  assessment,  the  General  Partner  has  executed a plan to  minimize  the
Partnership's  exposure to financial loss and/or  disruption of normal  business
operations  that may  occur  as a result  of Year  2000  non-compliant  computer
systems.

Business Computer Systems

These systems include both computer hardware and software  applications relating
to operations such as financial reporting. The Partnership does not maintain its
own systems and thus utilizes the computer systems of the General  Partner.  The
General Partner  developed a compliance  plan for each of its business  computer
systems,  with  particular  attention  given to  critical  systems.  The General
Partner  contracted  with an outside  vendor to  evaluate,  test and repair such
systems.  The assessment  consisted of determining the compliance with Year 2000
of critical  computer hardware and software.  Incidences of non-compliance  were
found with respect to computer  software  applications  and were corrected.  The
vendor found no instances of non-compliance with respect to computer hardware.

The Local General  Partners and/or property  management  companies  maintain the
business  computer  systems that relate to the  operations  of the Local Limited
Partnerships.  The  General  Partner is in the  process of  obtaining  completed
questionnaires   from  such  Local  General  Partners  and  property  management
companies to assess their  respective Year 2000  readiness.  The General Partner
intends to  identify  those  Local  General  Partners  and  property  management
companies  that have systems  critical to the  operations  of the Local  Limited
Partnerships that are not Year 2000 compliant.  For those Local General Partners
and property  management  companies which have business  computer  systems which
will not be Year 2000 compliant prior to December 31, 1999 and where the lack of
such  compliance  is  determined  to have a  potential  material  effect  on the
Partnership's financial condition and results of operations, the General Partner
intends  to  develop  contingency  plans  which may  include  changing  property
management companies.

Outside Vendors

The General  Partner has obtained  assurances  from its  suppliers of electrical
power and banking and telecommunication services that their critical systems are
all Year 2000 compliant.  There exists,  however,  inherent uncertainty that all
systems of outside vendors or other third parties on which the General  Partner,
and thus the Partnership, and the Local General Partners and property management
companies,  and thus the  Local  Limited  Partnerships,  rely  will be Year 2000
compliant. Therefore, the Partnership remains susceptible to the consequences of
third party critical computer systems being non-compliant.

Personal Computers

The General  Partner has  determined  that its  personal  computers  and related
software critical to the operations of the Partnership are Year 2000 compliant.

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Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

         NONE.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

         OMITTED.
         See the Note to Reader in Part II, Item 6.

Item  9.  Changes  in and  Disagreements  With  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
Financial Disclosure

          (a)(1) (i) On December 16, 1998,  Corbin & Wertz,  Irvine,  California
          was dismissed as the Partnership's principal independent accountant.

               (ii) The  reports  of  Corbin & Wertz  respecting  the  financial
          statements of the  Partnership did not contain an adverse opinion or a
          disclaimer of opinion, nor were any such reports qualified or modified
          as to uncertainty,  audit scope, or accounting  principles,  as of and
          for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996.

               (iii) The  decision  to change  accountants  was  approved by the
          board of directors of the General Partner.

               (iv)  During the last two  fiscal  years and  subsequent  interim
          period of the Partnership there were no disagreements between Corbin &
          Wertz and the  Partnership  on any matter of accounting  principles or
          practices,  financial  statement  disclosure,  or  auditing  scope  or
          procedure of the nature described in Item  304(a)(1)(iv) of Securities
          and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

               (v)  During  the last two  fiscal  years and  subsequent  interim
          period  of the  Partnership  there  were no  reportable  events of the
          nature  described  in Item  304(a)(1)(v)  of  Securities  and Exchange
          Commission Regulation S-K.

          (a)(2) On February 3, 1999, BDO Seidman,  LLP, Costa Mesa,  California
          was engaged as the  Partnership's  principal  independent  accountant.
          During the last two fiscal years and subsequent  interim period of the
          Partnership,   the  Partnership  did  not  consult  BDO  Seidman,  LLP
          regarding (i) either,  the  application of accounting  principles to a
          specified  transaction;  or the type of audit  opinion  that  might be
          rendered on the Partnership's financial statements, or (ii) any matter
          that  was  the  subject  of  a   disagreement   (as  defined  in  Item
          304(a)(1)(iv) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K) or
          was a reportable event (as defined in Item  304(a)(1)(v) of Securities
          and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K).

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Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

The Partnership has no directors or executive officers of its own. The following
biographical  information is presented for the directors and executive  officers
of Associates which has principal responsibility for the Partnership's affairs.

Directors and Executive Officers of WNC & Associates, Inc.

     The  directors of WNC &  Associates,  Inc. are Wilfred N. Cooper,  Sr., who
serves as Chairman of the Board, John B. Lester,  Jr., David N. Shafer,  Wilfred
N.  Cooper,  Jr.  and  Kay  L.  Cooper.  The  principal  shareholders  of  WNC &
Associates, Inc. are Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr. and John B. Lester, Jr.

     Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr., age 68, is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and
a Director of WNC & Associates, Inc., a Director of WNC Capital Corporation, and
a general partner in some of the programs  previously  sponsored by the Sponsor.
Mr.  Cooper  has  been  involved  in  real  estate  investment  and  acquisition
activities  since 1968.  Previously,  during  1970 and 1971,  he was founder and
principal of Creative  Equity  Development  Corporation,  a predecessor of WNC &
Associates,  Inc., and of Creative Equity Corporation,  a real estate investment
firm.  For 12  years  prior  to  that,  Mr.  Cooper  was  employed  by  Rockwell
International  Corporation,  last  serving as its  manager of housing  and urban
developments where he had  responsibility  for factory-built  housing evaluation
and project  management  in urban  planning  and  development.  Mr.  Cooper is a
Director of the  National  Association  of Home  Builders  (NAHB) and a National
Trustee  for NAHB's  Political  Action  Committee,  a Director  of the  National
Housing  Conference  (NHC)  and a member  of  NHC's  Executive  Committee  and a
Director of the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC). Mr. Cooper graduated from
Pomona College in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

     John B. Lester,  Jr., age 65, is  President,  a Director,  Secretary  and a
member of the Acquisition Committee of WNC & Associates, Inc., and a Director of
WNC Capital  Corporation.  Mr. Lester has 27 years of experience in  engineering
and construction and has been involved in real estate investment and acquisition
activities since 1986 when he joined the Sponsor. Previously, he was Chairman of
the Board and Vice President or President of E & L Associates,  Inc., a provider
of engineering and construction  services to the oil refinery and  petrochemical
industries which he co-founded in 1973. Mr. Lester graduated from the University
of Southern  California in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science  degree in Mechanical
Engineering.

     Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr., age 36, is Executive Vice President, a Director and
a member of the Acquisition Committee of WNC & Associates,  Inc. He is President
of, and a registered principal with, WNC Capital  Corporation,  a member firm of
the NASD,  and is a Director of WNC  Management,  Inc.  He has been  involved in
investment  and  acquisition  activities  with  respect to real estate  since he
joined  the  Sponsor in 1988.  Prior to this,  he served as  Government  Affairs
Assistant with Honda North America in Washington, D.C. Mr. Cooper is a member of
the Advisory Board for LIHC Monthly Report,  a Director of NMHC and an Alternate
Director of NAHB.  He  graduated  from The  American  University  in 1985 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree.

     David N.  Shafer,  age 46, is Senior Vice  President,  a Director,  General
Counsel,  and a member of the Acquisition  Committee of WNC & Associates,  Inc.,
and a  Director  and  Secretary  of WNC  Management,  Inc.  Mr.  Shafer has been
involved in real estate investment and acquisition  activities since 1984. Prior
to joining the Sponsor in 1990, he was  practicing  law with a specialty in real
estate and taxation.  Mr.  Shafer is a Director and President of the  California
Council of Affordable  Housing and a member of the State Bar of California.  Mr.

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Shafer graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1978 with
a Bachelor of Arts  degree,  from the New  England  School of Law in 1983 with a
Juris  Doctor  degree (cum laude) and from the  University  of San Diego in 1986
with a Master of Law degree in Taxation.

     Michael L. Dickenson,  age 42, is Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and a member of the Acquisition Committee of WNC & Associates,  Inc. and
Chief  Financial  Officer of WNC  Management,  Inc.  He has been  involved  with
acquisition  and investment  activities  with respect to real estate since 1985.
Prior to joining  the Sponsor in March 1999,  he was the  Director of  Financial
Reporting at  TrizecHahn  Centers  Inc., a developer  and operator of commercial
real estate, from 1995 to 1999, a Senior Manager with E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real
Estate  Group,  Ernst & Young,  LLP,  from 1988 to 1995,  and Vice  President of
Finance with Great Southwest Companies, a commercial and residential real estate
developer,  from  1985 to  1988.  Mr.  Dickenson  is a member  of the  Financial
Accounting  Standards  Committee  for the  National  Association  of Real Estate
Companies  and the American  Institute of Certified  Public  Accountants,  and a
Director of HomeAid Southern California,  a charitable  organization  affiliated
with the building industry. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1978 with
a Bachelor of Business  Administration - Accounting  degree,  and is a Certified
Public Accountant.
                                                                  
     Thomas J. Riha, age 44, is Vice  President - Asset  Management and a member
of the Acquisition Committee of WNC & Associates,  Inc. and a Director and Chief
Executive  Officer  of WNC  Management,  Inc.  Mr.  Riha  has been  involved  in
acquisition  and investment  activities  with respect to real estate since 1979.
Prior to joining the  Sponsor in 1994,  Mr.  Riha was  employed by Trust  Realty
Advisor, a real estate acquisition and management company,  last serving as Vice
President - Operations. Mr. Riha graduated from the California State University,
Fullerton  in 1977 with a  Bachelor  of Arts  degree  (cum  laude)  in  Business
Administration  with a  concentration  in Accounting  and is a Certified  Public
Accountant  and  a  member  of  the  American   Institute  of  Certified  Public
Accountants.

     Sy P.  Garban,  age  53,  is  Vice  President  -  National  Sales  of WNC &
Associates, Inc. and has been employed by the Sponsor since 1989. Mr. Garban has
been involved in real estate investment  activities since 1978. Prior to joining
the Sponsor he served as Executive  Vice  President by MRW,  Inc., a real estate
development  and management  firm.  Mr. Garban is a member of the  International
Association of Financial  Planners.  He graduated from Michigan State University
in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

     N.  Paul  Buckland,  age 36,  is Vice  President  -  Acquisitions  of WNC &
Associates,   Inc.  He  has  been  involved  in  real  estate  acquisitions  and
investments  since 1986 and has been employed with WNC & Associates,  Inc. since
1994.  Prior to that, he served on the development team of the Bixby Ranch which
constructed  apartment  units  and  Class  A  office  space  in  California  and
neighboring states, and as a land acquisition  coordinator with Lincoln Property
Company where he identified and analyzed multi-family developments. Mr. Buckland
graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1992 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Finance.

     David Turek,  age 44, is Vice President - Originations of WNC & Associates,
Inc. He has been involved  with real estate  investment  and finance  activities
since 1976 and has been employed by WNC & Associates, Inc. since 1996. From 1995
to 1996,  Mr.  Turek served as a  consultant  for a national Tax Credit  sponsor
where he was  responsible  for on-site  feasibility  studies  and due  diligence
analyses of Tax Credit  properties.  From 1990 to 1995,  he was  involved in the
development  of  conventional  and  tax  credit  multi-family  housing.  He is a
Director with the Texas Council for Affordable  Rural Housing and graduated from
Southern Methodist University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree.

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     Kay L. Cooper, age 62, is a Director of WNC & Associates,  Inc. Mrs. Cooper
was the founder and sole proprietor of Agate 108, a manufacturer and retailer of
home  accessory  products,  from 1975 until 1998.  She is the wife of Wilfred N.
Cooper,  Sr.,  the mother of Wilfred  N.  Cooper,  Jr. and the sister of John B.
Lester,  Jr. Ms. Cooper graduated from the University of Southern  California in
1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation

The Partnership has no officers,  employees,  or directors.  However,  under the
terms of the  Partnership  Agreement the Partnership is obligated to the General
Partner or its affiliates for the following fees:

(a)  Organization  and Offering  Expenses.  The Partnership  accrued or paid the
General  Partner  or  its  affiliates  as of  December  31,  1998  approximately
$3,183,000  for  selling   commissions  and  other  fees  and  expenses  of  the
Partnership's  offering of Units.  Of the total  accrued or paid,  approximately
$2,733,000 was paid or to be paid to unaffiliated  persons  participating in the
Partnership's  offering  or  rendering  other  services in  connection  with the
Partnership's offering.

(b)  Acquisition  fees in an amount  equal to 7.0% of the gross  proceeds of the
Partnership's  Offering  ("Gross  Proceeds").  Through  December 31,  1998,  the
aggregate  amount  of  acquisition  fees  paid  or  accrued  was   approximately
$1,670,800.

(c) The  Partnership  reimbursed  the General  Partner or its  affiliates  as of
December  31,  1998 for  acquisition  expense,  not to exceed  1.5% of the Gross
Proceeds,  expended by such persons on behalf of the  Partnership in the amounts
$169,000.

(d) An annual asset management fee in an amount equal to 0.2% of Invested Assets
which are  attributable  to apartment  units  receiving  government  assistance.
"Invested Assets" means the sum of the Partnership's investment in Local Limited
Partnerships  and  the  Partnership's  allocable  share  of  the  amount  of the
indebtedness related to the Apartment Complexes.

(e) The  Partnership  reimbursed  the General  Partner or its  affiliates  as of
December 31, 1998 for approximately  $4,500 operating  expenses expended by such
persons on behalf of the Partnership.
 .
(f) A  subordinated  disposition  fee in an amount equal to 1% of the sale price
received in connection  with the sale or disposition of an Apartment  Complex or
Local  Limited  Partnership  Interest.  Subordinated  disposition  fees  will be
subordinated to the prior return of the Limited Partners' capital  contributions
and  payment of the Return on  Investment  to the Limited  Partners.  "Return on
Investment"  means an annual,  cumulative  but not  compounded,  "return" to the
Limited  Partners  (including  Low Income  Housing  Credits) as a class on their
adjusted capital  contributions  commencing for each Limited Partner on the last
day  of  the  calendar  quarter  during  which  the  Limited  Partner's  capital
contribution is received by the Partnership,  calculated at the following rates:
(i)  14%  through  December  31,  2006,  and  (ii)  6% for  the  balance  of the
Partnerships term. No disposition fees have been paid.

(g) The General Partner will receive 1% of the Low Income Housing  Credits.  The
General  Partner was allocated Low Income  Housing  Credits of $441 for the year
ended  December 31, 1998. No Low Income  Housing  Credits were allocated for the
year ended December 31, 1997.

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Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

(a)   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

County Bank, a California Corporation, 550 West Main, Merced California owns 830
of the 9,834 Units  outstanding  as of December 31, 1998 (8.44%) and is the only
person known to the General  Partner to own  beneficially in excess of 5% of the
outstanding Units.

(b)   Security Ownership of Management

Neither  the  General  Partner,  its  affiliates,  nor  any of the  officers  or
directors of the General  Partner or its affiliates own directly or beneficially
any Units in the Partnership.

(c)   Changes in Control

The management and control of the General  Partner may be changed at any time in
accordance with its organizational documents, without the consent or approval of
the Limited Partners.  In addition,  the Partnership  Agreement provides for the
admission of one or more  additional and successor  General  Partners in certain
circumstances.

First, with the consent of any other General Partners and a majority-in-interest
of the Limited  Partners,  any General Partner may designate one or more persons
to be successor or additional General Partners. In addition, any General Partner
may,  without the consent of any other General Partner or the Limited  Partners,
(i) substitute in its stead as General  Partner any entity which has, by merger,
consolidation or otherwise,  acquired  substantially all of its assets, stock or
other evidence of equity  interest and continued its business,  or (ii) cause to
be admitted to the  Partnership an additional  General Partner or Partners if it
deems such admission to be necessary or desirable so that the  Partnership  will
be  classified  a  partnership  for  Federal  income tax  purposes.  Finally,  a
majority-in-interest  of the Limited Partners may at any time remove the General
Partner of the Partnership and elect a successor General Partner.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

All of the  Partnership's  affairs  are  managed  by the  General  Partner.  The
transactions  with the General Partner are primarily in the form of fees paid by
the Partnership for services  rendered to the Partnership,  as discussed in Item
11 and in the notes to the accompanying financial statements.

 
Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

Financial Statements

     OMITTED.       
     See the Note to Reader in Part II, Item 6.


Exhibits
3.1:  Agreement  of  Limited  Partnership  dated as of March 3,  1997,  filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, is
hereby incorporated herein as Exhibit 3.1.

3.2 First Amendment to Agreement of Limited  Partnership  dated as of August 29,
1997.

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Material Contracts
10.1 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited  Partnership of Chillicothe Plaza
Apts.,  L.P.  filed as  exhibit  10.1 to the  current  report  on Form 8-K dated
November 11, 1997, is herein incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1.

10.2 Amended and Restated Agreement of Spring Valley Terrace Apartments,  L.L.C.
filed  as  Exhibit  10.3  to  Post-effective  Amendment  No.  1 to  Registration
statement, is herein incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2.

10.3 Amended and Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership  of El Reno Housing
Associates  Limited  Partnership  filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on
Form 8-K dated January 15, 1998, is herein  incorporated by reference as Exhibit
10.3.

10.4 Second  Amended and  Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership  of Hughes
Villas Limited  Partnership  filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form
8-K dated January 15, 1998, is herein incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4.

10.5  First  Amendment  to Second  Amended  and  Restated  Agreement  of Limited
Partnership  of Hughes Villas Limited  Partnership  filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the
current  report on Form 8-K dated  January 15, 1998, is herein  incorporated  by
reference as Exhibit 10.5.

10.6 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited  Partnership of Mark Twain Senior
Community  Limited  Partnership  filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the current  report on
Form 8-K dated January 15, 1998, is herein  incorporated by reference as Exhibit
10.6.

10.7 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of United Development
Co.,  L.P.  - 97-2  filed as Exhibit  10.3 to Form 8-K dated  April 30,  1998 is
herein incorporated as Exhibit 10.7

10.8 Second  Amended and  Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership  of United
Development  Co.,  L.P. - 97-2 filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K dated April 30,
1998 is herein incorporated as Exhibit 10.7

10.9 Second  Amended and  Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership  of United
Development  Co.,  L.P. - 97-1 filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K dated April 30,
1998 is herein incorporated as Exhibit 10.9

10.10 Second  Amended and Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership of Concord
Apartment Partners, L.P. filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated May 31, 1998 is
herein incorporated as Exhibit 10.10.

10.11  Amended and  Restated  Agreement  of Limited  Partnership  of Mansur Wood
Living Center,  L.P. filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated  September 19, 1998
is herein incorporated as Exhibit 10.11.

10.12 Amended and Restated Agreement of Apartment Housing of Theodore, LTD filed
as Exhibit 10.23 to Post-Effective Amendment No 3 to Registration Statement.

REPORTS ON 8-K.

Form 8K/A Amended  Current Report filed September 1, 1998 
Form 8K Current Report filed  October 1, 1998 
Form 8K/A Amended  Current  Report filed October 13, 1998
Form 8K/A Amended  Current  Report filed October 14, 1998 
Form 8K Current Report filed December 22, 1998

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         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., Series 5

By:  WNC & Associates, Inc.         
     General Partner



By:  /s/ John B. Lester, Jr
- ---------------------------
John B. Lester, Jr.        
President of WNC & Associates, Inc.
Date: April 14, 1999



By:  /s/ Michael L. Dickenson
- -----------------------------
Michael L. Dickenson       
Vice-President - Chief Financial Officer of WNC & Associates, Inc.
Date: April 14, 1999




         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
this  report has been  signed  below by the  following  persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



By  /s/ Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr.
- ------------------------------
Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr.     Chairman of the Board of WNC & Associates, Inc.
Date: April 14, 1999


By: /s/ John B. Lester, Jr
- --------------------------
John B. Lester, Jr.        Director of WNC & Associates, Inc.
Date: April 14, 1999


By:  /s/ David N. Shafer
- ------------------------
David N Shafer             Director of WNC & Associates, Inc.
Date: April 14, 1999

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