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  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of WNC Housing Tax
Credit  Fund VI,  L.P.,  Series 5 (the  "Partnership")  for the  quarters  ended
December  31,  2006,  September 30, 2006  and June  30,  2006 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, Wilfred N.  Cooper,  Jr.,  President  and Chief
Executive 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  such  provisions  require  the  audit  report  of Local  Limited
          Partnership financial statements to refer to the auditing standards of
          the Public Company  Accounting  Oversight Board for the  Partnership's
          annual financial statements and except that the Report is a cumulative
          report  covering each of the quarters ended December 31,  September 30
          and June 30, 2006 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
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of WNC & Associates, Inc.
May 16, 2008