APT HOUSING PARTNERS LTD PARTNERSHIP
10-Q, 1999-08-04
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, DC  20549

                _______________________________________________

                                  Form 10-Q

                 Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15 (d)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

               _______________________________________________


    For the Six Months Ended June 30, 1999 commission file number 2-84474

                   APT Housing Partners Limited Partnership
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts                          04-2791736
(State or other jurisdiction of 					 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

500 West Cummings Park,  Suite 6050,  Woburn,  Massachusetts    01801
(Address of principal executive offices)					                  (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (781) 935-4200

                                     N/A
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if change since last
report

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 and 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______________

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                                    PART I

ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                    APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                BALANCE SHEET
                                  (Unaudited)



                                    ASSETS

                                             										June 30,	   December 31,
											                                            1999        1998

Investment in Local Limited Partnership					           $    -0-    	$    -0-
Cash and Cash Equivalents						           	             217,805 	    155,218
         		Total Assets	       	                       $217,805	    $155,218


                   LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIENCY)

Liabilities:
  	Accrued Expenses -
      	    Affiliate		                           						$  9,350	   $  8,601
     	     Professional Fees							                         0    	    8,500

          		Total Liabilities                   						    9,350   	  17,101

Commitments and Contingencies

Partner's Capital (Deficit):
  	General Partners			                             				 (35,156)	   (36,563)
		 Limited partners, 3,700 partnership units
	   authorized, issued and outstanding            					 243,611	    174,680

		          Total Partners' Capital (Deficit)		      		 208,455	    138,117

	          	Total Liabilities and
            Partners' Capital Deficiency  	            $217,805    $155,218


                  See accompanying notes to financial statements

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                                     PART I

ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)


                    APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                              STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                 (Unaudited)



                               						Six Months Ended 		  Three Months Ended
			                                      June 30,  		           June 30,
                              							1999        1998  	   1999        1998

Interest Income	                     $  2,932    $  1,479	 $  1,532   $   793

Operating Expenses:
	Management fees - affiliate			      $18,700	    $18,700	  $ 9,350    $ 9,350
	Administrative                				    1,797	        563	    1,797        563

		Total Operating Expenses          	$20,497	    $19,263	  $11,147    $ 9,913

Loss Before Share of Losses of
	and Distributions from Local
	Limited Partnerships			          ($17,565)	($17,784)	($ 9,615)     ($ 9,120)

Distribution from
Local Limited Partnership     	  	  87,903	   87,903 	  87,903        87,903
Share of Losses of
Local Limited Partnerships       	     -	        -         -            -

Net Income (Loss)				   	          $70,338	  $70,119	   $78,288      $78,783

Limited Partners' Interest in
	Net Income (Loss)         			   	 $68,931	  $68,717	   $76,722      $77,207

Weighted Average Number of Outstanding
	Limited Partnership Units		    	    3,700    3,700	      3,700        3,700

Net Income (Loss) Per
	Limited Partnership Unit	     		 $  18.63	 $  18.57	  $  20.74      $  20.87


                 See accompanying notes to financial statements

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                                    PART I

ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)



                    APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                  STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIENCY)


                                        						General 	Limited
                                       							Partner 	Partner   	Total

Balance, January 1, 1999                 			($ 36,563)	 $ 174,680	 $ 138,117

Net Income: 1/1/99- 6/30/99				              $  1,407	  $  68,931	 $  70,338

Balance, June 30, 1999			                  	($ 35,156)  $ 243,611	 $ 208,455








                See accompanying notes to financial statements

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                                      PART I

ITEM 1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)



                     APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                             STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)


                                              										Six Months Ended
                                                            June 30,
										                                              1999		      1998
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
	Net Income (Loss)							                               $ 70,338 	  $  70,119
	Adjustments to reconcile net income
   to net cash provided by operating activities:
		  Change in operating assets and liabilities:
			  Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses	       	 (    7,751)  (    8,007)

	Net Cash provided by (used by) operating activities:		    62,587	     62,112

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
	Distributions to limited partners                					       -		        -
	Distributions to general partner					                        -  	       -

	Net cash used in financing activities					                   -  	       -

Net Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				   62,587	   62,112

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period				        155,218	  108,175

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period					            $217,805	 $170,287









                See accompanying notes to financial statements

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                   APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                (Unaudited)


1.	ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization:

APT Housing Partners Limited Partnership (the Partnership), organized as
a Massachusetts Limited Partnership on June 8, 1983 was formed to invest
in other Local Limited Partnerships ("the Local Limited Partnerships")
which own and operate existing residential rental housing developments
that are financed or operated with assistance from Federal, State and/or
local governmental agencies.  The Partnership has limited partnership
interests in two Local Limited Partnerships, with a total of 156
apartment units, located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The general partner of the Partnership is APT Asset Management, Inc.  The
Partnership Agreement, as amended, authorized the issuance of 3,700 limited
partnership units, all of	which were issued and are outstanding.

Interim Statements:

The interim financial statements furnished are unaudited and reflect all
adjustments which are in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair
statement of the results for the interim periods presented.  	All
adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those
estimates.

Investment in Local Limited Partnerships:

The Partnership accounts for its investments in the Local Limited
Partnerships by the equity method.  Accordingly, the investments are carried
at cost, adjusted for the Partnership's proportionate share of earnings or
losses.  The Partnership's share of losses on an investment is recognized
only to the extent of the investment.  Distributions received are reflected
as reductions of the investments.  Once an investment balance has been
reduced to zero, subsequent distributions received by the Partnership are
recognized as income.

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                  APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                      NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
       FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1999 AND COMPARABLE PERIODS

Income taxes:

Federal and state income taxes are not included in the accompanying
financial statements because these taxes, if any, are the responsibility of
the individual Partners.

Statement of cash flows:

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Partnership considers all
highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or
less to be cash equivalents.  Cash equivalents consist of money market funds
at June 30, 1999 and June 30, 1998.

Net income per limited partnership unit:

Net income per limited partnership unit is computed by dividing net income
available to limited partnership units by the weighted average number of
outstanding limited partnership units during the year.

2.	ALLOCATION OF BENEFITS

In accordance with Partnership Agreement, income, losses, credits and
distributions are allocated 2% to the General Partner and 98% to the Limited
Partners.

3.	INVESTMENT IN LOCAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

The Partnership has investments in two Local Limited Partnerships, Ashland
Commons Associates ("Ashland") and Rockledge Apartments Associates
("Rockledge").  The Partnership's investments consist of $1,143,695 for a
95.5% limited partnership interest in Ashland which owns an apartment
complex of 96 units located in Ashland, Massachusetts and $543,900 for a 97%
limited partnership interest in Rockledge which owns an apartment complex of
60 units located in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

The Local Limited Partnerships receive governmental assistance under
programs which restrict the payment of annual cash distributions to the
owners to specified maximum distributable amounts and to available surplus
cash, as defined in the applicable Regulatory Agreement between the
governmental agency and the Local Limited Partnership.  Undistributed
amounts are cumulative and may be distributed in subsequent years if there
is available surplus cash.  Based upon the Partnership's ownership interest
in each of the Local Limited Partnerships, the maximum annual distributable
amounts that can be made to the Partnership from 		Ashland and Rockledge are
$87,903 and $9,552, respectively.

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                     APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
          FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1999 AND COMPARABLE PERIODS

For the quarter ended June 30, 1999, the aggregate share of losses of the
Local Limited Partnerships attributable to the Partnership amounted to
$45,657.  The Partnership's cumulative share of losses of the Local Limited
Partnerships exceeded its investments by $700,422 at June 30, 1999.
Accordingly, the investments have been reduced to zero and have not been
reflected in the accompanying financial statements, and the Partnership has
discontinued the application of the equity method.  The Partnership will
resume applying the equity method only after its allocable share of the net
income of the Local Limited Partnerships equals the share of net losses not
previously recognized during the period the equity method was suspended.

Summarized unaudited balance sheet information on a combined basis for the
Local Limited Partnerships as of June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998 as
follows:

           																				Unaudited June 30, 1999    		December 31, 1998

	Rental property			           		$7,597,934	               		$7,597,934
	Accumulated depreciation		    ( 4,439,029)		             	( 4,305,934)
	Cash and cash equivalents				     342,021		             	     440,292
	Restricted assets and deposits			 677,240             			     675,912
	Other assets					 	               103,702	             		     114,401

  		Total assets	          				  4,281,867              			  4,522,605

	Mortgage loans payable     				 5,860,882			                5,889,508
	Other liabilities					            165,413	             		     185,879

  		Total liabilities		      			 6,026,295	              		  6,075,387

	Partners' capital(deficiency) ($1,744,428)	   	           ($1,552,782)
	Composition of partners' capital (deficiency)
	    General partners			       ($  122,714)		              ($  114,294)
     Limited partners		        ( 1,621,714)		              ( 1,438,488)

		   Partners' capital(deficiency)
                    	          ($ 1,744,428)	              ($1,552,782)

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                  APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                       NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
       FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1999 AND COMPARABLE PERIODS

Summarized unaudited income statement information on a combined basis for
the Local Limited Partnerships for the quarter ended June 30, 1999 and
comparable periods was as follows:

                                       								June 30, 1999 		June 30,1998
		Revenues					                                $  852,299	  		 $ 846,716
		Net income (loss)			                       	($   99,602) 			($  40,480)

4.	CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The partnership maintains cash and cash equivalent balances in an financial
institution located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Accounts in the
institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
up to $100,000.  At June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998, cash equivalents
include a three month U.S. Treasury Bill which is backed by the full faith
and credit of the U.S. Government.  At June 30, 1999 the Partnership's
uninsured cash and cash equivalent balances totaled December 31, 1998 the
Partnership cash and cash equivalent balances were fully insured.

5.	TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

American Securities Team, Inc., an affiliate of the General Partner of the
Partnership,  receives an annual program management fee.  This fee is for
managing the affairs of the Partnership and for providing investor services
to the Limited Partners.  The fee is equal to .5% of invested assets plus the
Local Limited Partnerships' annualized outstanding nonrecourse mortgage debt.
Program management fees charged to operations for the quarters ending
June 30, 1999 and 1998 amounted to $9,350 and $9,350, respectively.  Of this
amount $9,350 and $9,350 remained unpaid at June 30,	1999 and June 30, 1998
respectively.

6.	FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Commencing with the year ended December 31, 1995, the Partnership is
required to disclose the fair 		value of its financial instruments in
accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107.

The fair values of the Partnership's financial instruments have been
determined at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information
and information about the financial instrument.  Estimates of fair value are
subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant
judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision.  Changes in
assumptions could affect the estimates.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents and accrued expenses at
June 30, 1999 approximate their fair values because of the short-term
maturity of these instruments.

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PART II

ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
        RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The partnership's primary source of funds were the proceeds of its public
offering.  Other sources of liquidity include interest earned on funds and
cash distributions from operations of the Local Limited Partnerships in
which the Partnership has invested.  These sources of liquidity are
available to meet obligations of the partnership.

The Partnership received $3,700,000 in gross proceeds from the sale of
partnership interests pursuant to the public offering, resulting in net
proceeds available for investment, after volume discounts, establishment of
working capital reserves, payment of sales commissions, acquisition fees and
offering expenses, of $3,071,000.

As of June 30, 1999 the Partnership has invested all of the net proceeds
available for investment.

The Partnership's commitment to investments requiring initial capital
contributions has been paid.  The Partnership has no other significant
capital commitments.

HUD recently released the American Community Partnerships Act (the "ACPA").
The ACPA is HUD's blueprint for providing for the nation's housing needs in
an era of static or decreasing budget authority.  Two key proposals in the
ACPA that could affect the Local Limited Partnerships are: A discontinuation
of project based Section 8 Subsidy payments and an attendant reduction in
debt on properties that were supported by the Section 8 payments.  The ACPA
calls for a transition during which the project based Section 8 would
be converted to a tenant based voucher system.  Any FHA insured debt would
then be "marked-to-market", that is revalued in light of the reduced income
stream, if any.  The impact of ACPA, if enacted in its present form, is not
presently determinable.

Several industry sources have already commented to HUD and Congress that in
the event the ACPA were fully enacted in its present form, the reduction in
mortgage indebtedness would be considered taxable income to limited partners
in the Partnership.  Legislative relief has been proposed to exempt
"mark-to-market" debt from cancellation of indebtedness income treatment.

Cash distributions received from a Local Limited Partnership amounted to
$87,903 and $87,903 during the quarter ended June 30, 1999 and June 30, 1998.
These distributions were used to meet the Partnership's obligations.  The
Partnership has invested in Local Limited Partnerships owning housing
developments which receive governmental assistance under programs which
restrict the cash return available to the housing development owners.  The
Partnership believes that it will continue to receive cash distributions from
a Local Limited Partnership in an amount sufficient to meet its operating
expenses.  However, there can be no assurance that cash distributions
received will be adequate to allow the Partnership to make any further cash
distributions to its partners.

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PART II

ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
        RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued):

Management is not aware of any trends or events, commitments or
uncertainties that will impact liquidity in a material way.  Management
believes the only impact would be for laws that have not yet been adopted.

Results of Operations
The partnership was formed to provide various benefits to its limited
partners.  It is anticipated that the Local Limited Partnerships in which
the Partnership has invested will primarily produce tax losses of
approximately $17,000 per $5,000 investment in approximately 14 to 17 full
years of Partnership operations, with approximately $11,000 of such tax
losses occurring during the first 5 years of Partnership operations
(assuming the applicability of current laws, regulations and court
decisions).  The benefits received in the form of tax savings may be reduced
due to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, depending on the
individual circumstances of each Limited Partner.  There can be no assurance
that the Partnership will be able to attain its investment objectives.  The
Partnership will not seek to sell its interest in any housing development or
Local Limited Partnership until proceeds of such sale would supply
sufficient cash to enable its Limited Partners to pay applicable taxes.
Proceeds of such sales will not be reinvested.  It is not expected that any
of the Local Limited Partnerships in which the Partnership has invested will
generate cash flow sufficient to provide for distributions to Limited
Partners in any material amount.

Except for the operating balance of cash, the Partnership's assets consist
primarily of limited partnership interest in Local Limited Partnerships
owning government-assisted  housing developments.  The Partnership accounts
for its investments in the Local Limited Partnerships using the equity method
of accounting.  Under the equity method of accounting, the investment cost
is subsequently adjusted for the Partnership's share of each Local Limited
Partnership's results of operations and cash distributions.
The Partnership's share in the loss of each Local Limited Partnership is not
recognized to the extent that the investment balance would become negative.
For the quarter ended June 30, 1999, the aggregate share of losses of the
Local Limited Partnerships attributable to the Partnership and not included
in the statements of income amounted to $45,657.  At June 30, 1999, the
Partnership's cumulative share of losses of the Local Limited Partnerships
exceeded its investments by $700,422, and, accordingly, have not been
reflected in the Partnership's financial statements in accordance with the
equity method of accounting because the investment balances have been
reduced to zero.

The partnership's net income for the period January 1, 1999 - June 30, 1999
was due primarily to the receipt of a cash distribution from its investment
in a Local Limited Partnership.

The partnership incurs an annual program management fee payable to American
Securities Team, Inc. ("AST"), an affiliate of the General Partner, for
managing the affairs of the Partnership and for providing investor services
to the limited partners.  The fee to AST is equal to .5% of invested asset
plus the Local Limited Partnerships' annualized outstanding nonrecourse debt.
The fee amounted to $9,350 for the quarter ended June 30, 1999.

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                                   PART II

ITEM 2.	MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
    				AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued):

Year 2000 Compliance

The Partnership, through the affiliated management company, utilizes
computer software programs and operating systems, including applications
used in operating proprietary software, network access and various
administrative and billing functions.  To the extent the Partnership
software applications contain source codes that are unable to appropriately
interpret the upcoming calendar Year 2000, some level of modification, or
even possibly replacement of such applications may be necessary.  The
Partnership has retained the services of a consultant to perform an audit to
assess the scope of the Partnership's risks and bring its applications into
compliance.  The consultant is undertaking its assessment of the
Partnership's compliance and had begun testing the information systems.

The partnership has incurred no costs to address Year 2000 compliance
through June 30, 1999.  The Partnership estimates the direct costs during
the remainder of 1999 will be insignificant to support its compliance
initiatives.  Although the Partnership expects its systems to be Year 2000
compliant on or before December 31, 1999, it cannot predict the outcome or
the success of its Year 2000 program, or that third party systems are or will
be Year 2000 compliant, or that the costs required to address the Year 2000
issue, or that the impact of a failure to achieve substantial Year 2000
compliance, will not have a material adverse effect on the Partnership's
business, financial condition or results of operations.  The Partnership has
adopted a contingency plan to address possible risks to its systems.

Other

The Partnership's investment as a Limited Partner in the Local Limited
Partnerships is subject to the risks incident to the potential losses
arising from management and ownership of improved real estate.  The
Partnership's investments also could be adversely affected by poor economic
conditions, generally, which could increase vacancy levels, increase rental
payments defaults, or increase operating expenses.  Any or all of these
circumstances could threaten the financial viability of one or both of the
local Limited Partnerships.

There are also substantial risks associated with the operations of Apartment
Complexes receiving governmental assistance.  These include: governmental
regulations concerning tenant eligibility which may make it more difficult
to rent apartments in the complexes; difficulties in obtaining government
approval for rent increases; limitations on the percentage of income which
low and moderate income tenants may pay as rent; the possibility that
Congress may not appropriate funds to enable the U.S. Department of Urban
Development to make the rental assistance payments it has contracted to make;
and that when the rental assistance contracts expire, there may not be market
demand for apartments at full market rents in a Local Limited Partnership's
Apartment Complex.

The Local Limited Partnerships are impacted by inflation in several ways.
Inflation allows for increases in rental rates generally to reflect the
impact of higher operating and replacement costs.  Inflation also affects
the Local Limited Partnerships adversely by increasing operating costs, such
as fuel, utilities and labor.

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                                   PART II

                              OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K


a.	Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 30, 1984, relating to
   Ashland Commons	to Registrant's Form 8-K dated March 30, 1984.

	  Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of April 30, 1984, relating to
   Historic Cohoes, II to Registrant's Form 8-K dated  April 30, 1984.

	  Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 22, 1984, relating to
   Rockledge Apartments Associated to Registrant's Form 8-K dated
   June 22, 1984.

  	Withdrawal of APT Housing Partners Limited Partnership as a Limited
   Partner in a Local Limited Partnership, dated as of December 18, 1986,
   relating to Historic Cohoes II, to Registrant's Form 8-K dated
   March 30, 1987.

  	Change in registrant's certifying accountants under Item 4 to
   Registrant's Form 8-K dated	December 1, 1995

b.	No reports on Form 8-K have been filed for the quarter ended June 30, 1999.

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                                 SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                					APT HOUSING PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


                                					By:	APT Asset Management, Inc.
						                                   General Partner



Date:_____________________	             ____________________________________
      						                            Jeff Ewing, President


































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