content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
  
  
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 1999
  
  
                   WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., SERIES 6
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
     California                       333-24111                 33-0761578
  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)                 File Number)              Identification No.)
  
  
            3158 Redhill Avenue, Suite 120, Costa Mesa, California 92626
                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (714) 662-5565
  
  
                                         N/A
            Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
  
           WNC  Housing  Tax  Credit  Fund VI,  L.P.,  Series 6  ("Series  6") has
  acquired an interest in  West  Mobile  County  Housing, Ltd., an Alabama limited
  partnership (the "Local Limited Partnership" or "WEST MOBILE"). WEST MOBILE owns
  the Peppertree Apartments in Theodore,  Alabama (the "Apartment Complex").
  
           The  following  table  contains  information  concerning  the Apartment
  Complex and the Local Limited Partnership identified herein:
  
  <TABLE>
                                                                                                               LOCAL
                                            ACTUAL OR                                                          LIMITED
                                            ESTIMATED     ESTIMATED                               PERMANENT    PARTNER-      YEAR
  LOCAL       PROJECT                       CONSTRUC-     DEVELOP-                                MORTGAGE     SHIP'S        CREDITS
  LIMITED     NAME AND                      TION          MENT COST     NUMBER OF      BASIC      LOAN         ANTICIPATED   TO BE
  PARTNER-    NUMBER          LOCATION      COMPLETION    (INCLUDING    APARTMENT      MONTHLY    PRINCIPAL    TAX CREDITS   FIRST
  SHIP        OF BUILDINGS    OF PROPERTY   DATE          LAND COST)    UNITS          RENTS      AMOUNT       (1)           AVAILABLE
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>            <C>              <C>         <C>             <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
  
  WEST        Peppertree      Theodore      October       $3,245,436    8 1BR units    $247       $577,890     $2,543,994    1999
  MOBILE      Apartments      (Mobile       1999                        33 2BR units   $295       CB (2)
                                 County),                               14 3BR units   $331
              6 buildings     Alabama                                                             $791,000
                                                                                                  AHFA (3)
  ====================================================================================================================================
  <FN>
           (1) Low Income Housing Credits are available over a 10-year period. For
           the year in which the credit  first  becomes  available,  Series 6 will
           receive only that percentage of the annual credit which  corresponds to
           the number of months during which Series 6 was a limited partner of the
           Local Limited  Partnership,  and during which the Apartment Complex was
           completed and in service.
  
           (2)  Colonial  Bank ("CB") will provide the first  mortgage  loan for a
           term of 20 years at an  annual  interest  rate of 9.5%.  Principal  and
           interest  will be  payable  monthly,  based on a  20-year  amortization
           schedule.
  
           (3) Alabama Housing Finance Authority  ("AHFA") will provide HOME funds
           for the  second  mortgage  loan  for a term of 20  years  at an  annual
           interest rate of 0.5%.  Principal and interest will be payable monthly,
           based on a 20-year amortization schedule.
  
  </FN>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  Theodore  (WEST MOBILE):  Theodore  (population  6,500) is in Mobile County,  in
  southern  Alabama near the Gulf of Mexico,  near the  intersection of Interstate
  Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 90,  approximately 20 miles southwest of Mobile. The
  major  employers  for  Theodore  residents  are  Mobile  County  School  System,
  University of South Alabama, and University of South Alabama Medical Facilities.
  
  <TABLE>
  
                                             LOCAL                                                                        ESTIMATED
  LOCAL                                      GENERAL                           SHARING RATIOS:                            ACQUISITION
  LIMITED     LOCAL                          PARTNERS'                         ALLOCATIONS (4) AND                        FEES PAYABLE
  PARTNER-    GENERAL       PROPERTY         DEVELOPMENT    SHARING RATIOS:    SALE OR REFINANCING   SERIES 6's CAPITAL   TO FUND
  SHIP        PARTNERS      MANAGER (1)      FEE (2)        CASH FLOW (3)      PROCEEDS (5)          CONTRIBUTION (6)     MANAGER
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>            <C>           <C>            <C>                <C>               <C>                     <C>            <C>
  WEST        Thomas H.     Apartment      $408,500         WNC: Greater of    99.98/.01/.01         $1,831,310           $169,800
  MOBILE      Cooksey       Services and                    20% or $3,000      40/60
              and Apart-    Management,                     LGP: 70% of
              ment          Inc.                            the  balance
              Developers,                                   The balance: 50/50
              Inc.
  ====================================================================================================================================
  <FN>
  
  (1) The Local General Partners are authorized to employ either themselves or one
  of their  affiliates,  or a third  party,  as  property  manager for leasing and
  management  of the  Apartment  Complex.  Although in some  instances the maximum
  annual management fee payable to the property manager is determined  pursuant to
  lender regulations, in most cases the fee is equal to market rate.
  
  (2) The Local  Limited  Partnership  will pay its Local  General  Partners or an
  affiliate  of its Local  General  Partners a  development  fee in the amount set
  forth,  for  services  incident  to  the  development  and  construction  of the
  Apartment Complex, which services include: negotiating the financing commitments
  for the  Apartment  Complex;  securing  necessary  approvals and permits for the
  development and construction of the Apartment Complex; and obtaining allocations
  </FN>
  </TABLE>
  
                                         2
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  of Low Income Housing Credits.  This payment will be made in  installments after
  receipt of each installment of the capital contributions made by Series 6.
  
  (3)  Reflects  the amount of the net cash flow from  operations,  if any,  to be
  distributed  to Series 6 ("WNC") and the Local General  Partners  ("LGP") of the
  Local Limited Partnership for each year of operations.  Generally, to the extent
  that  the  specific  dollar  amounts  which  are to be paid to WNC are not  paid
  annually,  they will accrue and be paid from sale or refinancing  proceeds as an
  obligation of the Local Limited Partnership.
  
  (4) Subject to certain special allocations,  reflects the respective  percentage
  interests  in profits,  losses and Low Income  Housing  Credits of (i) Series 6,
  (ii) WNC Housing, L.P., an affiliate of the sponsor which is the special limited
  partner, and (iii) the Local General Partners.
  
  (5) Reflects the  percentage  interests  in any net cash  proceeds  from sale or
  refinancing  of the  Apartment  Complex,  after payment of the mortgage loan and
  other Local Limited Partnership obligations,  of (i) Series 6 and (ii) the Local
  General Partners.
  
  (6) Series  6  will   make  its  capital  contributions  to  the  Local  Limited
  Partnership  in  stages,  with each  contribution  due when  certain  conditions
  regarding  construction  or  operations  of  the  Apartment  Complex  have  been
  fulfilled.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                         3
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
           a.   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
  
                Inapplicable.
  
           b.   Proforma Financial Information*
  
           c.   Exhibits
  
           10.1 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of West
                Mobile County Housing, Ltd.
           ----------
           *To be filed upon availability.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                         4
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                    WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., SERIES 6
  
  Date: July 6, 1999                By:   WNC &  Associates, Inc.,
                                          General Partner
  
  
                                          By:  /s/ JOHN B. LESTER, JR.
                                               John B. Lester, Jr.,
                                               President
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number        Description
  
  10.1          Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of West
                Mobile County Housing, Ltd.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 1999
  
                   WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., SERIES 6
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
     California                       333-24111                 33-0761578
  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)                 File Number)              Identification No.)
  
            3158 Redhill Avenue, Suite 120, Costa Mesa, California 92626
                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (714) 662-5565
  
                                         N/A
            Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
  
           WNC  Housing  Tax  Credit  Fund VI,  L.P.,  Series 6  ("Series  6") has
  acquired an interest in  West  Mobile  County  Housing, Ltd., an Alabama limited
  partnership (the "Local Limited Partnership" or "WEST MOBILE"). WEST MOBILE owns
  the Peppertree Apartments in Theodore,  Alabama (the "Apartment Complex").
  
           The  following  table  contains  information  concerning  the Apartment
  Complex and the Local Limited Partnership identified herein:
  
                                                                                                               LOCAL
                                            ACTUAL OR                                                          LIMITED
                                            ESTIMATED     ESTIMATED                               PERMANENT    PARTNER-      YEAR
  LOCAL       PROJECT                       CONSTRUC-     DEVELOP-                                MORTGAGE     SHIP'S        CREDITS
  LIMITED     NAME AND                      TION          MENT COST     NUMBER OF      BASIC      LOAN         ANTICIPATED   TO BE
  PARTNER-    NUMBER          LOCATION      COMPLETION    (INCLUDING    APARTMENT      MONTHLY    PRINCIPAL    TAX CREDITS   FIRST
  SHIP        OF BUILDINGS    OF PROPERTY   DATE          LAND COST)    UNITS          RENTS      AMOUNT       (1)           AVAILABLE
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  WEST        Peppertree      Theodore      October       $3,245,436    8 1BR units    $247       $577,890     $2,543,994    1999
  MOBILE      Apartments      (Mobile       1999                        33 2BR units   $295       CB (2)
                                 County),                               14 3BR units   $331
              6 buildings     Alabama                                                             $791,000
                                                                                                  AHFA (3)
  ====================================================================================================================================
  (1) Low Income Housing Credits are available over a 10-year period. For
           the year in which the credit  first  becomes  available,  Series 6 will
           receive only that percentage of the annual credit which  corresponds to
           the number of months during which Series 6 was a limited partner of the
           Local Limited  Partnership,  and during which the Apartment Complex was
           completed and in service.
  
           (2)  Colonial  Bank ("CB") will provide the first  mortgage  loan for a
           term of 20 years at an  annual  interest  rate of 9.5%.  Principal  and
           interest  will be  payable  monthly,  based on a  20-year  amortization
           schedule.
  
           (3) Alabama Housing Finance Authority  ("AHFA") will provide HOME funds
           for the  second  mortgage  loan  for a term of 20  years  at an  annual
           interest rate of 0.5%.  Principal and interest will be payable monthly,
           based on a 20-year amortization schedule.
  Theodore  (WEST MOBILE):  Theodore  (population  6,500) is in Mobile County,  in
  southern  Alabama near the Gulf of Mexico,  near the  intersection of Interstate
  Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 90,  approximately 20 miles southwest of Mobile. The
  major  employers  for  Theodore  residents  are  Mobile  County  School  System,
  University of South Alabama, and University of South Alabama Medical Facilities.
  
                                             LOCAL                                                                        ESTIMATED
  LOCAL                                      GENERAL                           SHARING RATIOS:                            ACQUISITION
  LIMITED     LOCAL                          PARTNERS'                         ALLOCATIONS (4) AND                        FEES PAYABLE
  PARTNER-    GENERAL       PROPERTY         DEVELOPMENT    SHARING RATIOS:    SALE OR REFINANCING   SERIES 6's CAPITAL   TO FUND
  SHIP        PARTNERS      MANAGER (1)      FEE (2)        CASH FLOW (3)      PROCEEDS (5)          CONTRIBUTION (6)     MANAGER
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  WEST        Thomas H.     Apartment      $408,500         WNC: Greater of    99.98/.01/.01         $1,831,310           $169,800
  MOBILE      Cooksey       Services and                    20% or $3,000      40/60
              and Apart-    Management,                     LGP: 70% of
              ment          Inc.                            the  balance
              Developers,                                   The balance: 50/50
              Inc.
  ====================================================================================================================================
  (1) The Local General Partners are authorized to employ either themselves or one
  of their  affiliates,  or a third  party,  as  property  manager for leasing and
  management  of the  Apartment  Complex.  Although in some  instances the maximum
  annual management fee payable to the property manager is determined  pursuant to
  lender regulations, in most cases the fee is equal to market rate.
  
  (2) The Local  Limited  Partnership  will pay its Local  General  Partners or an
  affiliate  of its Local  General  Partners a  development  fee in the amount set
  forth,  for  services  incident  to  the  development  and  construction  of the
  Apartment Complex, which services include: negotiating the financing commitments
  for the  Apartment  Complex;  securing  necessary  approvals and permits for the
  development and construction of the Apartment Complex; and obtaining allocations
  2
  of Low Income Housing Credits.  This payment will be made in  installments after
  receipt of each installment of the capital contributions made by Series 6.
  
  (3)  Reflects  the amount of the net cash flow from  operations,  if any,  to be
  distributed  to Series 6 ("WNC") and the Local General  Partners  ("LGP") of the
  Local Limited Partnership for each year of operations.  Generally, to the extent
  that  the  specific  dollar  amounts  which  are to be paid to WNC are not  paid
  annually,  they will accrue and be paid from sale or refinancing  proceeds as an
  obligation of the Local Limited Partnership.
  
  (4) Subject to certain special allocations,  reflects the respective  percentage
  interests  in profits,  losses and Low Income  Housing  Credits of (i) Series 6,
  (ii) WNC Housing, L.P., an affiliate of the sponsor which is the special limited
  partner, and (iii) the Local General Partners.
  
  (5) Reflects the  percentage  interests  in any net cash  proceeds  from sale or
  refinancing  of the  Apartment  Complex,  after payment of the mortgage loan and
  other Local Limited Partnership obligations,  of (i) Series 6 and (ii) the Local
  General Partners.
  
  (6) Series  6  will   make  its  capital  contributions  to  the  Local  Limited
  Partnership  in  stages,  with each  contribution  due when  certain  conditions
  regarding  construction  or  operations  of  the  Apartment  Complex  have  been
  fulfilled.
  
                                         3
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
           a.   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
  
                Inapplicable.
  
           b.   Proforma Financial Information*
  
           c.   Exhibits
  
           10.1 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of West
                Mobile County Housing, Ltd.
           ----------
           *To be filed upon availability.
  
                                         4
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                    WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND VI, L.P., SERIES 6
  
  Date: July 6, 1999                By:   WNC &  Associates, Inc.,
                                          General Partner
  
                                          By:  /s/ JOHN B. LESTER, JR.
                                               John B. Lester, Jr.,
                                               President
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number        Description
  
  10.1          Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of West
                Mobile County Housing, Ltd.