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): September 22, 1998
  
  
                   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 a
  Local Limited  Partnership  Interest in United  Development  Co., L.P. - 97.0, a
  Tennessee  limited  partnership  ("UNITED  97.0").   UNITED  97.0  is  sometimes
  hereinafter referred to as the "Local Limited Partnership."
  
           UNITED 97.0 owns the Sixty Homes for Memphis in Memphis,  Tennessee 
  (the "Property").
  
           The following  tables contain  information  concerning the Property and
  the Local Limited Partnership identified herein:
  <TABLE>
  
                                                                                                            LOCAL
                                           ACTUAL OR                                                        LIMITED
                                           ESTIMATED     ESTIMATED                             PERMANENT    PARTNER-
              PROPERTY                     CONSTRUC-     DEVELOPMENT                           MORTGAGE     SHIP'S         YEAR
  LOCAL       NAME AND                     TION          COST         NUMBER OF    BASIC       LOAN         ANTICIPATED    CREDITS
  LIMITED     NUMBER         LOCATION      COMPLETION    (INCLUDING   APARTMENT    MONTHLY     PRINCIPAL    TAX CREDITS    TO BE FIRST
  PARTNERSHIP OF BUILDINGS   OF PROPERTY   DATE          LAND COST)   UNITS        RENTS       AMOUNT       (1)            AVAILABLE
  
  <S>                                              <C>   <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>            <C> 
  UNITED       Sixty Homes    Memphis      June 1999     $3,655,250   60 4BR homes $470-586    $1,311,517    $3,921,441    1999
  97.0         for Memphis    (Shelby                                                          STB (3)
                              County),
               60 Homes       Tennessee
               (2)
  
  
  
  <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 Property was completed and in service.
  
  (2) Property designed for senior citizens and families. The Property consists of
  60 single-family homes, interspersed throughout Memphis.
  
  (3) Southtrust Bank, National Association ("STB") will provide the mortgage loan
  for a term of 15  years  at an  annual  interest  rate of  9.5%.  Principal  and
  interest  will be payable  monthly,  based on a 30-year  amortization  schedule.
  Outstanding principal will be due upon maturity.
  
  </FN>
  </TABLE>
  
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  <PAGE>
  
  
  Memphis (UNITED 97.0): Memphis (population 610,000) is in Shelby County, in
  the southwest corner of Tennessee, at the intersection of Interstate Highways 40
  and  55.  The  major  employers  for  Memphis   residents  are  Federal  Express
  Corporation, the U.S. Government, and the Memphis City Board of Education.
  
  
  <TABLE>
  
                                        LOCAL                                                                      ESTIMATED
                                        GENERAL                          SHARING RATIOS:                           ACQUISITION
  LOCAL       LOCAL                     PARTNER       SHARING            ALLOCATIONS(4) AND                        FEES PAYABLE
  LIMITED     GENERAL      PROPERTY     DEVELOPMENT   RATIOS:            SALE OR REFINANCING   SERIES 6's CAPITAL  TO FUND
  PARTNERSHIP PARTNER      MANAGER (1)  FEE (2)       CASH FLOW (3)      PROCEEDS (5)          CONTRIBUTION (6)    MANAGER
                                                   
  
  <S>                                   <C>                              <C>   <C> <C> <C>     <C>                 <C>    
  UNITED       Harold E.    Buehler      $139,000       WNC:   Greater  99.98/.01/.01       $2,812,904          $260,800
  97.0         Buehler,     Enterprises,                of              20/80
               Sr.          Inc. (8)                    15% or $5,000
               and Jo                                   LGP: 70% of
               Ellen                                    the balance
               Buehler                                  The   balance:
               (7)                                     20/80
  
  <FN>
  (1) The maximum annual  management fee payable to the property manager generally
  is  determined  pursuant to lender  regulations.  The Local  General  Partner is
  authorized to employ either itself or one of its  affiliates,  or a third party,
  as property  manager for leasing and  management  of the Property so long as the
  fee therefore  does not exceed the amount  authorized and approved by the lender
  for the Property.
  
  (2) The Local  Limited  Partnership  will pay its Local  General  Partner  or an
  Affiliate  of its Local  General  Partner a  development  fee in the  amount set
  forth,  for  services  incident  to  the  development  and  construction  of the
  Property, which services include:  negotiating the financing commitments for the
  Property;  securing  necessary  approvals  and permits for the  development  and
  construction  of the Property;  and obtaining  allocations 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  Partner  ("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.,  (iii) D. Kim Lingle,  the original limited partner and
  president of the Local General Partner, and (iv) the Local General Partner.
  
  (5) Reflects the percentage interests of (i) Series 6 and (ii) the Local General
  Partner,  in any net cash  proceeds  from sale or  refinancing  of the Property,
  after  payment  of  the  mortgage  loan  and  other  Local  Limited  Partnership
  obligations (see, e.g., note 3), and the following,  in the order set forth: the
  capital  contributions  of Series 6; the  capital  contribution  of the  special
  limited partner;  the capital contribution of the Local General Partner; and the
  capital contribution of the original limited partner.
  
  (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 Property have been fulfilled.
  
  (7)  Harold E. Buehler, Sr. and Jo Ellen Buehler,  both age 49, have represented
  to  Series 6 that,  as of March  15,  1998,  they had a net  worth in  excess of
  $6,000,000.
  
  (8) Buehler Enterprises,  Inc. is a Tennessee corporation which was formed
  in 1984 by Harold E. Buehler,  Sr. Buehler  Enterprises,  Inc. currently manages
  approximately 200 units consisting primarily of single-family homes and duplexes
  in Memphis.
  
  </FN>
  </TABLE>
  
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  <PAGE>
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
           a.       Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
  
                    Inapplicable.
  
           b.        Proforma Financial Information
  
                             Proforma Balance Sheet to be filed upon availability
                             
  
           c.        Exhibits
  
                             Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited 
                             Partnership of United Development Co., L.P. - 97.0
  
  
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  <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: October 6, 1998             By:      WNC &  Associates, Inc.,
                                            General Partner
  
                                             By:      /s/ JOHN B. LESTER, JR.
                                                          John B. Lester, Jr.,
                                                          President
  
  
   
  
  
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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): September 22, 1998
  
                   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 a
  Local Limited  Partnership  Interest in United  Development  Co., L.P. - 97.0, a
  Tennessee  limited  partnership  ("UNITED  97.0").   UNITED  97.0  is  sometimes
  hereinafter referred to as the "Local Limited Partnership."
  
           UNITED 97.0 owns the Sixty Homes for Memphis in Memphis,  Tennessee 
  (the "Property").
  
           The following  tables contain  information  concerning the Property and
  the Local Limited Partnership identified herein:
  
                                                                                                            LOCAL
                                           ACTUAL OR                                                        LIMITED
                                           ESTIMATED     ESTIMATED                             PERMANENT    PARTNER-
              PROPERTY                     CONSTRUC-     DEVELOPMENT                           MORTGAGE     SHIP'S         YEAR
  LOCAL       NAME AND                     TION          COST         NUMBER OF    BASIC       LOAN         ANTICIPATED    CREDITS
  LIMITED     NUMBER         LOCATION      COMPLETION    (INCLUDING   APARTMENT    MONTHLY     PRINCIPAL    TAX CREDITS    TO BE FIRST
  PARTNERSHIP OF BUILDINGS   OF PROPERTY   DATE          LAND COST)   UNITS        RENTS       AMOUNT       (1)            AVAILABLE
  UNITED       Sixty Homes    Memphis      June 1999     $3,655,250   60 4BR homes $470-586    $1,311,517    $3,921,441    1999
  97.0         for Memphis    (Shelby                                                          STB (3)
                              County),
               60 Homes       Tennessee
               (2)
  (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 Property was completed and in service.
  
  (2) Property designed for senior citizens and families. The Property consists of
  60 single-family homes, interspersed throughout Memphis.
  
  (3) Southtrust Bank, National Association ("STB") will provide the mortgage loan
  for a term of 15  years  at an  annual  interest  rate of  9.5%.  Principal  and
  interest  will be payable  monthly,  based on a 30-year  amortization  schedule.
  Outstanding principal will be due upon maturity.
  2
  Memphis (UNITED 97.0): Memphis (population 610,000) is in Shelby County, in
  the southwest corner of Tennessee, at the intersection of Interstate Highways 40
  and  55.  The  major  employers  for  Memphis   residents  are  Federal  Express
  Corporation, the U.S. Government, and the Memphis City Board of Education.
  
                                        LOCAL                                                                      ESTIMATED
                                        GENERAL                          SHARING RATIOS:                           ACQUISITION
  LOCAL       LOCAL                     PARTNER       SHARING            ALLOCATIONS(4) AND                        FEES PAYABLE
  LIMITED     GENERAL      PROPERTY     DEVELOPMENT   RATIOS:            SALE OR REFINANCING   SERIES 6's CAPITAL  TO FUND
  PARTNERSHIP PARTNER      MANAGER (1)  FEE (2)       CASH FLOW (3)      PROCEEDS (5)          CONTRIBUTION (6)    MANAGER
  UNITED       Harold E.    Buehler      $139,000       WNC:   Greater  99.98/.01/.01       $2,812,904          $260,800
  97.0         Buehler,     Enterprises,                of              20/80
               Sr.          Inc. (8)                    15% or $5,000
               and Jo                                   LGP: 70% of
               Ellen                                    the balance
               Buehler                                  The   balance:
               (7)                                     20/80
  (1) The maximum annual  management fee payable to the property manager generally
  is  determined  pursuant to lender  regulations.  The Local  General  Partner is
  authorized to employ either itself or one of its  affiliates,  or a third party,
  as property  manager for leasing and  management  of the Property so long as the
  fee therefore  does not exceed the amount  authorized and approved by the lender
  for the Property.
  
  (2) The Local  Limited  Partnership  will pay its Local  General  Partner  or an
  Affiliate  of its Local  General  Partner a  development  fee in the  amount set
  forth,  for  services  incident  to  the  development  and  construction  of the
  Property, which services include:  negotiating the financing commitments for the
  Property;  securing  necessary  approvals  and permits for the  development  and
  construction  of the Property;  and obtaining  allocations 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  Partner  ("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.,  (iii) D. Kim Lingle,  the original limited partner and
  president of the Local General Partner, and (iv) the Local General Partner.
  
  (5) Reflects the percentage interests of (i) Series 6 and (ii) the Local General
  Partner,  in any net cash  proceeds  from sale or  refinancing  of the Property,
  after  payment  of  the  mortgage  loan  and  other  Local  Limited  Partnership
  obligations (see, e.g., note 3), and the following,  in the order set forth: the
  capital  contributions  of Series 6; the  capital  contribution  of the  special
  limited partner;  the capital contribution of the Local General Partner; and the
  capital contribution of the original limited partner.
  
  (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 Property have been fulfilled.
  
  (7)  Harold E. Buehler, Sr. and Jo Ellen Buehler,  both age 49, have represented
  to  Series 6 that,  as of March  15,  1998,  they had a net  worth in  excess of
  $6,000,000.
  
  (8) Buehler Enterprises,  Inc. is a Tennessee corporation which was formed
  in 1984 by Harold E. Buehler,  Sr. Buehler  Enterprises,  Inc. currently manages
  approximately 200 units consisting primarily of single-family homes and duplexes
  in Memphis.
  3
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
           a.       Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
  
                    Inapplicable.
  
           b.        Proforma Financial Information
  
                             Proforma Balance Sheet to be filed upon availability
                             
  
           c.        Exhibits
  
                             Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited 
                             Partnership of United Development Co., L.P. - 97.0
  
                                         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: October 6, 1998             By:      WNC &  Associates, Inc.,
                                            General Partner
  
                                             By:      /s/ JOHN B. LESTER, JR.
                                                          John B. Lester, Jr.,
                                                          President
  
   
  
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