EXHIBIT 32-2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of WNC Housing Tax
Credit Fund VI, L.P., Series 5 (the "Partnership") for the years ended March 31,
2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the "Report"), and pursuant to 18 U.S.C., section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Thomas J.
Riha Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of WNC & Associates,
Inc., general partner of the Partnership, hereby certify that:

         1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except
                  to the extent that (a) such provisions require certain audit
                  reports of Local Limited Partnership financial statements to
                  refer to the standards of the Public Company Accounting
                  Oversight Board; and (b) the annual report covers the six year
                  period ended March 31, 2007, and includes disclosure required
                  in the annual reports for the years ended March 31, 2006,
                  2005, and 2004 in addition to the year ended March 31, 2007;
                  and

         2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                  operations of the Partnership.



/s/THOMAS J. RIHA
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Thomas J. Riha
President and Chief Executive Officer of WNC & Associates, Inc.
May 16, 2008