UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   Form 10-QSB

(Mark One)
[X]   QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
      ACT OF 1934

                 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002


[ ]   TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
      ACT OF 1934

           For the transition period from __________ to __________

                         Commission file number 0-13112


                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (A California Limited Partnership)


          California                                             95-3778627
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S.Employer
 incorporation or organization                               Identification No.)

                          55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089
                       Greenville, South Carolina 29602
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (864) 239-1000
                           (Issuer's telephone number)


                         9090 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 201,
                       Beverly Hills, California 90211
               (Address of former principal executive offices)

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                              INDEX TO FORM 10-QSB

                     FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2002




PART I.     FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                  Consolidated Balance Sheet, June 30, 2002                    1

                  Consolidated Statements of Operations
                    Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2002 and 2001          2

                  Consolidated Statement of Partners' Deficiency
                    Six Months Ended June 30, 2002                             3

                  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                    Six Months Ended June 30, 2002 and 2001                    4

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                   5

      ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN
                  OF OPERATION                                                11


PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

      ITEM 1.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS                                           13

      ITEM 6.     EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K                            13

      SIGNATURES                                                              14

      EXHIBIT                                                                 15


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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

                                  JUNE 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)

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<CAPTION>


                        ASSETS

<S>                                       <C>                             <C>
Investments in limited partnerships (Note 2)                              $ 577,816
Cash and cash equivalents                                                  1,822,701

            Total assets                                                 $ 2,400,517

         LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIENCY

Liabilities:
   Notes payable and amounts due for partnership
     interests (Note 3)                                                  $ 1,765,000
   Accrued interest payable (Note 3)                                       2,252,627
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                      43,833
   Due to affiliates (Note 4)                                                 16,354
                                                                           4,077,814
Contingencies (Note 5)

Partners' deficiency:
   General partners                                      $ (367,962)
   Limited partners                                       (1,309,335)     (1,677,297)

         Total liabilities and partners' deficiency                      $ 2,400,517

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

          FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 AND 2001
                                   (Unaudited)

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<CAPTION>


                                              Three Months Ended            Six Months Ended
                                                   June 30,                     June 30,
                                              2002          2001           2002          2001

<S>                                          <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>
INTEREST INCOME                              $ 8,104      $ 23,775       $ 14,399      $ 64,513

OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Management fees - partners (Note 5)          49,706        51,609       101,315        103,217
  Legal and accounting                         17,667            --        59,565             --
  General and administrative (Note 5)          11,240        42,872        55,256         84,519
  Interest (Note 3)                            33,703        34,200        67,903         68,400
        Total operating expenses              112,316       128,681       284,039        256,136

Loss from Partnership operations             (104,212)     (104,906)     (269,640)      (191,623)
Distributions from limited partnerships
  recognized as income (Note 2)                16,382         9,264        16,382          9,264
Equity in income (loss) of limited
  partnerships and amortization of
  acquisition costs (Note 2)                    8,532      (206,485)      (54,680)      (326,413)

Net loss                                    $ (79,298)    $(302,127)    $(307,938)     $(508,772)

Net loss allocated to general partners       $ (793)      $ (3,021)      $ (3,079)     $ (5,088)
Net loss allocated to limited partners        (78,505)     (299,106)     (304,859)      (503,684)

                                            $ (79,298)    $(302,127)    $(307,938)     $(508,772)
Net loss per limited partnership
  interest (Note 1)                           $ (5)         $ (18)        $ (18)         $ (30)

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' DEFICIENCY

                    FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)

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<CAPTION>

                                        General          Limited
                                       Partners          Partners          Total

<S>                                                         <C>
Partnership interests                                       16,810

Partners' deficiency,
  January 1, 2002                     $ (364,883)      $(1,004,476)     $(1,369,359)

Net loss for the six months
  ended June 30, 2002                     (3,079)         (304,859)        (307,938)

Partners' deficiency,
  June 30, 2002                       $ (367,962)      $(1,309,335)     $(1,677,297)


 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

               FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 AND 2001
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                      2002            2001
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>
  Net loss                                                         $ (307,938)     $ (508,772)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
   operating activities:
     Equity in loss of limited partnerships and
      amortization of acquisition costs                                54,680         326,413
     Increase (decrease) in:
      Due to affiliates                                                10,519             --
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses                           (27,590)         10,025
      Accrued interest payable                                         67,903          68,399
         Net cash used in operating activities                       (202,426)       (103,935)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Distributions from limited partnerships recognized as a
   return of capital                                                       --          40,440
  Advances to limited partnerships                                   (122,339)       (349,288)
         Net cash used in investing activities                       (122,339)       (308,848)


NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                            (324,765)       (412,783)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                      2,147,466       3,197,380

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD                           $1,822,701      $2,784,597


 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                      (a California limited partnership)

                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                                  JUNE 30, 2002


NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General

The information  contained in the following notes to the consolidated  financial
statements  is  condensed  from that which would  appear in the  audited  annual
consolidated  financial  statements;  accordingly,  the  consolidated  financial
statements   included  herein  should  be  reviewed  in  conjunction   with  the
consolidated  financial  statements  and related notes thereto  contained in the
annual  report for the year ended  December  31,  2001  prepared  by Real Estate
Associates   Limited  VI  and  Subsidiaries  (the   "Partnership").   Accounting
measurements at interim dates  inherently  involve greater reliance on estimates
than at year end. The results of operations  for the interim  periods  presented
are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.

In the  opinion of the  Partnership,  the  accompanying  unaudited  consolidated
financial  statements  contain all adjustments  (consisting  primarily of normal
recurring  accruals)  necessary to present fairly the financial  position of the
Partnership  at June 30, 2002 and the results of operations  and changes in cash
flows for the three and six months then ended.

The general  partners  have a one percent  interest in profits and losses of the
Partnership.  The limited  partners have the remaining 99 percent interest which
is allocated in  proportion  to their  respective  individual  investments.  The
general partner of the Partnerships is National  Partnership  Investments  Corp.
("NAPICO")  or the Managing  General  Partner.  Prior to March 11, 2002,  Casden
Properties  Inc. owned a 95.25%  economic  interest in NAPICO,  with the balance
owned by Casden Investment  Corporation  ("CIC").  CIC, which is wholly owned by
Alan I.  Casden,  owned 95% of the voting  common stock of NAPICO prior to March
11, 2002.

On December 3, 2001, Casden Properties Inc., entered into a merger agreement and
certain other  transaction  documents with  Apartment  Investment and Management
Company,  a Maryland  corporation  ("AIMCO")  and  certain of its  subsidiaries,
pursuant to which, on March 11, 2002, AIMCO acquired Casden  Properties Inc. and
its subsidiaries, including 100% of the stock of NAPICO.

Basis of Presentation

The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.

Principles of Consolidation

The  consolidated  financial  statements  include  the  accounts  of Real Estate
Associates  Limited  VI  and  its  majority-owned   general  partnerships.   All
significant  intercompany  accounts and  transactions  have been  eliminated  in
consolidation.

Method of Accounting for Investment in Limited Partnerships

The investments in unconsolidated  limited partnerships are accounted for on the
equity method. Acquisition, selection and other costs related to the acquisition
of the projects are capitalized as part of the investment  account and are being
amortized on a straight  line basis over the estimated  lives of the  underlying
assets, which is generally 30 years.

Net Loss Per Limited Partnership Interest

Net loss per limited  partnership  interest was computed by dividing the limited
partners'  share of net loss by the  number  of  limited  partnership  interests
outstanding during the period. The number of limited  partnership  interests was
16,810 for the periods presented.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash  equivalents  consist of cash and money market mutual  funds.  The
Partnership  has its cash and cash  equivalents  on  deposit  with  high  credit
quality financial institutions.  Such cash and cash equivalents may be in excess
of the FDIC insurance limit.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The  Partnership  reviews  long-lived  assets to determine if there has been any
permanent  impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances  indicate that
the  carrying  amount  of the asset  may not be  recoverable.  If the sum of the
expected future cash flows is less than the carrying  amount of the assets,  the
Partnership recognizes an impairment loss.

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

As of June 30, 2002,  the  Partnership  holds limited  partnership  interests in
twenty  limited  partnerships.  In  addition,  the  Partnership  holds a general
partner interest in REA III, which in turn, holds limited partnership  interests
in three additional limited partnerships.  In total, therefore,  the Partnership
holds interests,  either directly or indirectly through REA III, in twenty-three
partnerships  which owned as of June 30,  2002,  residential  low income  rental
projects  consisting  of 1,369  apartment  units.  The  mortgage  loans of these
projects are payable to or insured by various governmental agencies.

The Partnership,  as a limited partner, is entitled to between 90 percent and 99
percent of the profits and losses of the limited partnerships it has invested in
directly.  The  Partnership  is also entitled to 99.9 percent of the profits and
losses of REA III.  REA III holds a 99 percent  interest  in each of the limited
partnerships in which it has invested.

Equity in losses of  unconsolidated  limited  partnerships  is recognized in the
financial statements until the limited partnership investment account is reduced
to a zero balance or to a negative amount equal to further capital contributions
required.  Losses incurred after the limited  partnership  investment account is
reduced to zero are not recognized.

Distributions from the unconsolidated  limited partnerships are accounted for as
a return of capital until the investment balance is reduced to zero.  Subsequent
distributions received are recognized as income.

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  investment  in  unconsolidated  limited
partnerships for the six months ended June 30, 2002:


           Balance, beginning of period                    $ 510,157
           Equity in income of limited partnerships          (51,525)
           Amortization of acquisition costs                  (3,155)
           Capital contributions                             122,339

           Balance, end of period                          $ 577,816


The following are unaudited combined estimated  statements of operations for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 of the unconsolidated  limited
partnerships in which the Partnership has invested:
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<CAPTION>

                               Three Months Ended              Six Months Ended
                                    June 30,                       June 30,
                              2002           2001             2002            2001
Revenues
<S>                       <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
  Rental and other        $ 2,508,000     $ 2,474,000     $ 5,016,000     $ 4,948,000

Expenses
  Depreciation                401,000         403,000         802,000         806,000
  Interest                    640,000         647,000       1,280,000       1,294,000
  Operating                 1,558,000       1,534,000       3,116,000       3,068,000

                            2,599,000       2,584,000       5,198,000       5,168,000

Net loss                   $ (91,000)     $ (110,000)      $ (182,000)     $ (220,000)
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NAPICO, or one of its affiliates, is the general partner and property management
agent  for  certain  of the  limited  partnerships  included  above.  The  Local
Partnerships  pay the  affiliate  property  management  fees in the  amount of 5
percent of their gross rental  revenues and data  processing  fees.  The amounts
paid were  approximately  $61,932 and $61,613 for the six months  ended June 30,
2002 and 2001, respectively.

Under recent adopted law and policy, the United States Department of Housing and
Urban  Development  ("HUD") has determined  not to renew the Housing  Assistance
Payment  ("HAP")  Contracts  on a long  term  basis on the  existing  terms.  In
connection with renewals of the HAP Contracts under such new law and policy, the
amount of rental  assistance  payments under renewed HAP Contracts will be based
on market rentals instead of above market  rentals,  which may be the case under
existing HAP Contracts.  The payments under the renewed HAP Contracts may not be
in an amount  that  would  provide  sufficient  cash  flow to  permit  owners of
properties  subject to HAP  Contracts to meet the debt service  requirements  of
existing  loans  insured by the Federal  Housing  Administration  of HUD ("FHA")
unless such mortgage loans are  restructured.  In order to address the reduction
in payments under HAP Contracts as a result of this new policy, the Multi-family
Assisted Housing Reform and  Affordability  Act of 1997 ("MAHRAA")  provides for
the  restructuring  of  mortgage  loans  insured  by the  FHA  with  respect  to
properties  subject  to the  Section 8 program.  Under  MAHRAA,  an  FHA-insured
mortgage  loan can be  restructured  into a first  mortgage  loan  which will be
amortized on a current basis and a low interest  second mortgage loan payable to
FHA which will only be payable on  maturity  of the first  mortgage  loan.  This
restructuring  results in a  reduction  in annual debt  service  payments by the
owner of the FHA-insured mortgage loan and is expected to result in an insurance
payment from FHA to the holder of the  FHA-insured  loan due to the reduction in
the principal amount. MAHRAA also phases out project-based subsidies on selected
properties  serving  families not located in rental markets with limited supply,
converting such subsidies to a tenant-based subsidy.

When the HAP  Contracts are subject to renewal,  there can be no assurance  that
the local limited  partnerships  in which the Partnership has an investment will
be permitted to restructure its mortgage indebtedness under MAHRAA. In addition,
the  economic  impact  on the  Partnership  of the  combination  of the  reduced
payments  under  the  HAP  Contracts  and  the  restructuring  of  the  existing
FHA-insured mortgage loans under MAHRAA is uncertain.

NOTE 3 - NOTES PAYABLE AND AMOUNTS DUE FOR PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

Three  of  the  Partnership's  investments  involved  purchases  of  partnership
interests   from   partners  who   subsequently   withdrew  from  the  operating
partnership.  The  purchase of these  interests  provides  for  additional  cash
payments of  approximately  $325,000 based upon specified  events as outlined in
the purchase  agreements.  Such amounts have been  recorded as  liabilities.  In
addition,  the  Partnership  is  obligated  on  non-recourse  notes  payable  of
$1,440,000 which bear interest at 9.5 or 10 percent per annum and have principal
maturities  ranging from  December 1999 to December  2012.  One note payable and
related accrued interest aggregating $1,392,488 became payable prior to June 30,
2002.  Management  is in the process of attempting to negotiate the extension of
the maturity date on this note payable.

The notes and  related  interest  are  payable  from  cash flow  generated  from
operations  of the  related  rental  properties  as defined in the notes.  These
obligations are  collateralized by the Partnership's  investments in the limited
partnerships. Unpaid interest is due at maturity of the notes.

Maturity dates of the notes payable and related accrued interest are as follows:

            Years Ending December 31,            Notes         Interest
                       2002                    $ 520,000      $ 872,488
                       2003                           --             --
                       2004                           --             --
                       2005                      750,000       1,079,879
                       2006                           --             --
                    Thereafter                   170,000        300,260

                                               $1,440,000     $2,252,627

NOTE 4 - MANAGEMENT FEES AND EXPENSES DUE TO GENERAL PARTNER

Under  the  terms  of  the  Restated   Certificate   and  Agreement  of  Limited
Partnership, the Partnership is obligated to NAPICO for an annual management fee
of  approximately  .4 percent of the  original  invested  assets of the  limited
partnerships.  Invested  assets are  defined as the costs of  acquiring  project
interests,  including the proportionate  amount of the mortgage loans related to
the   Partnership's   interests  in  the  capital  accounts  of  the  respective
partnerships.  This fee was  approximately  $101,315  and  $103,217  for the six
months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.  $15,303 of the 2002 fees are
payable to NAPICO at June 30, 2002 and are included in Due to  affiliates on the
accompanying balance sheet.

The Partnership  reimburses  NAPICO for certain  expenses.  The reimbursement to
NAPICO was  approximately  $11,370 for both of the six month  periods ended June
30,  2002 and 2001,  and is included  in general  and  administrative  expenses.
$1,051 of these  reimbursements  are  payable to NAPICO at June 30, 2002 and are
included in Due to affiliates on the accompanying balance sheet.

NOTE 5 - CONTINGENCIES

On August 27, 1998, two investors holding an aggregate of eight units of limited
partnership  interests  in Real Estate  Associates  Limited  III (an  affiliated
partnership in which NAPICO is the managing  general  partner) and two investors
holding  an  aggregate  of five  units of limited  partnership  interest  in the
Partnership  commenced  an action in the United  States  District  Court for the
Central District of California against the Partnership, NAPICO and certain other
affiliated  entities.  The complaint alleges that the defendants  breached their
fiduciary duty to the limited  partners of certain  NAPICO managed  partnerships
and made materially false and misleading  statements in the consent solicitation
statements  sent to the  limited  partners  of  such  partnerships  relating  to
approval  of the  transfer of  partnership  interests  in limited  partnerships,
owning  certain of the  properties,  to  affiliates of Casden  Properties  Inc.,
organized by an affiliate of NAPICO.  The plaintiffs seek equitable  relief,  as
well as  compensatory  damages and litigation  related costs. On August 4, 1999,
one  investor  holding  one unit of  limited  partnership  interest  in  Housing
Programs  Limited  commenced a virtually  identical  action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO  and  certain  other  affiliated  entities.  The  second  action has been
subsumed in the first action,  which has been  certified as a class  action.  On
August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs  filed a  supplemental  complaint,  which added new
claims,  including a recission of the transfer of  partnership  interests and an
accounting. Trial is scheduled for October 1, 2002.

The holder of a purchase money  promissory  note issued by Century Plaza limited
partnership,  one of the Partnership's  investments,  in the amount of $960,000,
filed a suit seeking a monetary  judgment  against the Partnership and the other
partners.  The  Partnership  and  other  defendants  contended  that the note is
non-recourse.  The  parties  entered  a  settlement  agreement  and the case was
dismissed in June 2002. The  Partnership  has no investment  balance  related to
this Local Limited Partnership.

A company has  disseminated a proxy  solicitation to the limited partners of the
Partnership  seeking  their  consent to (i) remove the  general  partners of the
Partnership,  (ii) elect a new  general  partner,  (iii)  analyze  the  possible
disposition of the Partnership  assets,  (iv) distribute the Partnership's  cash
reserves,  (v)  investigate  alleged claims against the general  partners of the
Partnership and (vi) reduce management fees. The proxy  solicitation  terminated
March 31, 2002.  Subsequent to March 31, 2002,  the company  abandoned the proxy
solicitation.

A plaintiff, who is a limited partner in the Partnership, claims that NAPICO and
other  defendants  (1) have refused to provide the plaintiff  with access to the
books and records of the  Partnership,  and (2) have  breached  their  fiduciary
duties and the  partnership  agreement  by failing to provide such access and by
failing to act in the best interest of the  Partnership.  The  defendants  have,
however,  provided their books and records to plaintiff pursuant to a protective
order.  Plaintiff  has failed to quantify its purported  damaged.  This case was
dismissed without prejudice in May 2002.

The Managing  General Partner of such NAPICO managed  partnerships and the other
defendants  believe that the plaintiffs'  claims are without merit and intend to
contest the actions vigorously.

The Managing  General Partner of the Partnership is involved in various lawsuits
and  has  also  been  named  as a  defendant  in  other  lawsuits  arising  from
transactions  in the ordinary  course of business.  In the opinion of management
and the  managing  general  partner,  the claims will not result in any material
liability to the Partnership.

NOTE 6 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 107,  "Disclosure  about Fair
Value of Financial  Instruments,"  requires disclosure of fair value information
about financial instruments,  when it is practicable to estimate that value. The
notes payable and amounts due for partnership  interests are  collateralized  by
the Partnership's  investments in investee limited  partnerships and are payable
only  out of cash  distributions  from  investee  partnerships.  The  operations
generated  by  the  investee  limited   partnerships,   which  account  for  the
Partnership's  primary  source of  revenues,  are subject to various  government
rules,  regulations and restrictions which make it impracticable to estimate the
fair value of the notes and  related  accrued  interest  payable.  The  carrying
amount of other  assets  and  liabilities  reported  on the  balance  sheet that
require  such  disclosure  approximates  fair  value  due  to  their  short-term
maturity.

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ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Partnership's primary sources of funds include interest income on short term
investments and distributions from limited partnerships in which the Partnership
has invested.  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.

Results of Operations

Partnership  revenues consist  primarily of interest income earned on investment
of funds not required for investment in local partnerships.

Operating  expenses consist  primarily of recurring  general and  administrative
expenses and  professional  fees for services  rendered to the  Partnership.  In
addition, an annual Partnership management fee in an amount equal to 0.4 percent
of invested assets is payable to the Managing General Partner.

The Partnership  accounts for its investments in the local limited  partnerships
on  the  equity  method,   thereby  adjusting  its  investment  balance  by  its
proportionate  share of the  income or loss of the local  limited  partnerships.
Losses incurred after the limited  partnership  investment account is reduced to
zero are not recognized in accordance with the equity accounting method.

Distributions  received from limited  partnerships  are  recognized as return of
capital until the  investment  balance has been reduced to zero or to a negative
amount equal to future capital contributions required.  Subsequent distributions
received are recognized as income.

Except for  investing  cash in money  market  mutual  funds,  the  Partnership's
investments  are entirely  interests in other  limited and general  partnerships
owning  government  assisted  projects.  Funds temporarily not required for such
investments in projects are invested  providing  interest income as reflected in
the  statements  of  operations.  These funds can be  converted  to cash to meet
obligations  as they  arise.  The  Partnership  intends  to  continue  investing
available funds in this manner.

Under recent adopted law and policy, the United States Department of Housing and
Urban  Development  ("HUD") has determined  not to renew the Housing  Assistance
Payment  ("HAP")  Contracts  on a long  term  basis on the  existing  terms.  In
connection with renewals of the HAP Contracts under such new law and policy, the
amount of rental  assistance  payments under renewed HAP Contracts will be based
on market rentals instead of above market  rentals,  which may be the case under
existing HAP Contracts.  The payments under the renewed HAP Contracts may not be
in an amount  that  would  provide  sufficient  cash  flow to  permit  owners of
properties  subject to HAP  Contracts to meet the debt service  requirements  of
existing  loans  insured by the Federal  Housing  Administration  of HUD ("FHA")
unless such mortgage loans are  restructured.  In order to address the reduction
in payments under HAP Contracts as a result of this new policy, the Multi-family
Assisted Housing Reform and  Affordability  Act of 1997 ("MAHRAA")  provides for
the  restructuring  of  mortgage  loans  insured  by the  FHA  with  respect  to
properties  subject  to the  Section 8 program.  Under  MAHRAA,  an  FHA-insured
mortgage  loan can be  restructured  into a first  mortgage  loan  which will be
amortized on a current basis and a low interest  second mortgage loan payable to
FHA which will only be payable on  maturity  of the first  mortgage  loan.  This
restructuring  results in a  reduction  in annual debt  service  payments by the
owner of the FHA-insured mortgage loan and is expected to result in an insurance
payment from FHA to the holder of the  FHA-insured  loan due to the reduction in
the principal amount. MAHRAA also phases out project-based subsidies on selected
properties  serving  families not located in rental markets with limited supply,
converting such subsidies to a tenant-based subsidy.

When the HAP  Contracts are subject to renewal,  there can be no assurance  that
the local limited  partnerships  in which the Partnership has an investment will
be permitted to restructure its mortgage indebtedness under MAHRAA. In addition,
the  economic  impact  on the  Partnership  of the  combination  of the  reduced
payments  under  the  HAP  Contracts  and  the  restructuring  of  the  existing
FHA-insured mortgage loans under MAHRAA is uncertain.

Notes payable and related accrued interest payable aggregating $1,392,488 became
payable  prior to June 30, 2002.  Management  is in the process of attempting to
negotiate extensions of the maturity dates on these notes payable.

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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION



ITEM 1.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On August 27, 1998, two investors holding an aggregate of eight units of limited
partnership  interests  in Real Estate  Associates  Limited  III (an  affiliated
partnership in which NAPICO is the managing  general  partner) and two investors
holding  an  aggregate  of five  units of limited  partnership  interest  in the
Partnership  commenced  an action in the United  States  District  Court for the
Central District of California against the Partnership, NAPICO and certain other
affiliated  entities.  The complaint alleges that the defendants  breached their
fiduciary duty to the limited  partners of certain  NAPICO managed  partnerships
and made materially false and misleading  statements in the consent solicitation
statements  sent to the  limited  partners  of  such  partnerships  relating  to
approval  of the  transfer of  partnership  interests  in limited  partnerships,
owning  certain of the  properties,  to  affiliates of Casden  Properties  Inc.,
organized by an affiliate of NAPICO.  The plaintiffs seek equitable  relief,  as
well as  compensatory  damages and litigation  related costs. On August 4, 1999,
one  investor  holding  one unit of  limited  partnership  interest  in  Housing
Programs  Limited  commenced a virtually  identical  action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO  and  certain  other  affiliated  entities.  The  second  action has been
subsumed in the first action,  which has been  certified as a class  action.  On
August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs  filed a  supplemental  complaint,  which added new
claims,  including a recission of the transfer of  partnership  interests and an
accounting. Trial is scheduled for October 1, 2002.

The holder of a purchase money  promissory  note issued by Century Plaza limited
partnership,  one of the  Partnerships  investments,  in the amount of  $960,000
filed a suit seeking a monetary  judgment  against the Partnership and the other
partners.  The  Partnership  and  other  defendants  contended  that the note is
non-recourse.  The  parties  entered  a  settlement  agreement  and the case was
dismissed in June 2002. The  Partnership  has no investment  balance  related to
this Local Limited Partnership.

A company has  disseminated a proxy  solicitation to the limited partners of the
Partnership  seeking  their  consent to (i) remove the  general  partners of the
Partnership,  (ii) elect a new  general  partner,  (iii)  analyze  the  possible
disposition of the Partnership  assets,  (iv) distribute the Partnership's  cash
reserves,  (v)  investigate  alleged claims against the general  partners of the
Partnership and (vi) reduce management fees. The proxy  solicitation  terminated
March 31, 2002.  Subsequent to March 31, 2002,  the company  abandoned the proxy
solicitation.

A plaintiff, who is a limited partner in the Partnership, claims that NAPICO and
other  defendants  (1) have refused to provide the plaintiff  with access to the
books and records of the  Partnership,  and (2) have  breached  their  fiduciary
duties and the  partnership  agreement  by failing to provide such access and by
failing to act in the best interest of the  Partnership.  The  defendants  have,
however,  provided their books and records to plaintiff pursuant to a protective
order.  Plaintiff  has failed to quantify its purported  damaged.  This case was
dismissed without prejudice in May 2002.

The Managing  General Partner of such NAPICO managed  partnerships and the other
defendants  believe that the plaintiffs'  claims are without merit and intend to
contest the actions vigorously.

The Partnership's Managing General Partner is involved in various lawsuits. None
of these lawsuits are related to the Partnership.

ITEM 6.     EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

            a)    Exhibits:

                  Exhibit 3,  Partnership  Agreement  (herein  incorporated by
                  reference to the  Partnership's  Form S-11  Registration No.
                  2-82090).

                  Exhibit 99,  Certification  of Chief  Executive  Officer and
                  Chief Financial Officer.

            b)    Reports on Form 8-K:

                  None filed during the quarter ended June 30, 2002:





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                                   SIGNATURES



In accordance with the  requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant  caused
this  report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.



                                    REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI AND
                                    SUBSIDIARIES
                                    (a California limited partnership)


                                    By:   National Partnership Investments Corp.
                                          General Partner


                                    By:   /s/Charles H. Boxenbaum
                                          Charles H. Boxenbaum
                                          Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                          and Chief Executive Officer


                                    By:   /s/Brian H. Shuman
                                          Brian H. Shuman
                                          Chief Financial Officer


                                    Date: August 19, 2002


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Exhibit 99


                          Certification of CEO and CFO
                     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-QSB of Real Estate Associates
Limited VI (the "Partnership"),  for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
"Report"),  Charles  H.  Boxenbaum,  as the  equivalent  of the Chief  Executive
Officer of the Partnership,  and Brian H. Shuman, as the equivalent of the Chief
Financial  Officer of the  Partnership,  each hereby  certifies,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

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


                                    /s/    Charles H. Boxenbaum
                                    Name:  Charles H. Boxenbaum
                                    Date:  August 19, 2002


                                    /s/    Brian H. Shuman
                                    Name:  Brian H. Shuman
                                    Date:  August 19, 2002


This  certification  accompanies  the  Report  pursuant  to  Section  906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and shall not,  except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the  Partnership for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.