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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

|X| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004

OR

|_| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number: 0-21494


WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California 33-0463432
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)


17782 Sky Park Cir 92614-6404
Irvine, CA (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

(714) 662-5565
(Telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section12(b) of the Act:

NONE

Securities registered pursuant to section12(g) of the Act:

UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
(Title of Class)




Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes No X
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. |X| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated
filer.
Yes No X
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State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held
by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity
was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of
the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal
quarter.

INAPPLICABLE


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part
of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is
incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or
information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly
described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders
for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

NONE



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UNIT I.

Item 1. Business

Organization

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. ("the Partnership") is a California
Limited Partnership formed under the laws of the State of California on May 10,
1991. The Partnership was formed to acquire limited partnership interests or
membership interest in other limited partnerships or limited liability companies
("Local Limited Partnerships") which own multi-family apartment complexes that
are eligible for Federal low-income housing and, in certain cases, California
low-income housing tax credits (the "Low Income Housing Credit").

The general partner of the Partnership is WNC Tax Credit Partners, L.P. (the
"General Partner"). WNC & Associates, Inc. ("Associates") and Wilfred N. Cooper,
Sr. are the general partners of WNC Tax Credit Partners, L.P. The chairman and
president of Associates own substantially all of the outstanding stock of
Associates. The business of the Partnership is conducted primarily through
Associates, as the Partnership and General Partner has no employees of its own.

Pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 2, 1992, the Partnership commenced a public offering of
15,000 Units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Units") at a price of $1,000 per
Unit. As of the close of the public offering on September 30, 1993, a total of
15,000 Units representing $15,000,000 had been sold. Holders of Units are
referred to herein as "Limited Partners."

The Partnership shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2050
unless terminated prior to that date pursuant to the partnership agreement.

Description of Business

The Partnership's principal business objective is to provide its Limited
Partners with Low Income Housing Credits. The Partnership's principal business
therefore consists of investing as a limited partner or non-managing member in
Local Limited Partnerships each of which owns and operates a multi-family
housing complex (the "Housing Complexes") which qualify for the Low Income
Housing Credits. In general, under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, an
owner of low-income housing can receive the Low Income Housing Credit to be used
to reduce Federal taxes otherwise due in each year of a ten-year period. In
general, under Section 17058 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, an
owner of low-income housing can receive the California Low Income Housing Credit
to be used against California taxes otherwise due in each year of a four-year
period. Each Housing Complex is subject to a fifteen-year compliance period (the
"Compliance Period"), and under state law may have to be maintained as low
income housing for 30 or more years.

In general, in order to avoid recapture of Low Income Housing Credits, the
Partnership does not expect that it will dispose of its interests in Local
Limited Partnerships ("Local Limited Partnership Interests") or approve the sale
by any Local Limited Partnership of its Housing Complex prior to the end of the
applicable Compliance Period. Because of (i) the nature of the Housing
Complexes, (ii) the difficulty of predicting the resale market for low-income
housing 15 or more years in the future, and (iii) the ability of government
lenders to disapprove of transfer, it is not possible at this time to predict
whether the liquidation of the Partnership's assets and the disposition of the
proceeds, if any, in accordance with the Partnership's Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated May 10, 1991 (the "Partnership Agreement"), will be able to
be accomplished promptly at the end of the 15-year period. If a Local Limited
Partnership is unable to sell its Housing Complex, it is anticipated that the
local general partner ("Local General Partner") will either continue to operate
such Housing Complex or take such other actions as the Local General Partner
believes to be in the best interest of the Local Limited Partnership.
Notwithstanding the preceding, circumstances beyond the control of the General
Partner or the Local General Partners may occur during the Compliance Period,
which would require the Partnership to approve the disposition of a Housing
Complex prior to the end thereof, possibly resulting in recapture of Low Income
Housing Credits.

As of March 31, 2004, the Partnership had invested in forty-eight Local Limited
Partnerships. Each of these Local Limited Partnerships owns a Housing Complex
that is eligible for the Federal Low Income Housing Credit. Certain Local
Limited Partnerships may also benefit from government programs promoting low- or
moderate-income housing.


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Certain Risks and Uncertainties

An investment in the Partnership and the Partnership's investments in Local
Limited Partnerships and their Housing Complexes are subject to risks. These
risks may impact the tax benefits of an investment in the Partnership, and the
amount of proceeds available for distribution to the Limited Partners, if any,
on liquidation of the Partnership's investments. Some of those risks include the
following:

The Low Income Housing Credit rules are extremely complicated. Noncompliance
with these rules results in the loss of future Low Income Housing Credits and
the fractional recapture of Low Income Housing Credits already taken. An
individual Limited Partner's ability to use tax credits is limited. In most
cases, the annual amount of Low Income Housing Credits that an individual
Limited Partner can use is limited to the tax liability due on the person's last
$25,000 of taxable income. Low Income Housing Credits may be the only material
benefit from the Partnership because Limited Partners may not get back their
capital. Any transactions between the Partnership, the General Partner and
Associates and its affiliates will entail conflicts of interest.

The Partnership has invested in a limited number of Local Limited Partnerships.
Such limited diversity means that the results of operation of each single
Housing Complex will have a greater impact on the Partnership. With limited
diversity, poor performance of one Housing Complex could impair the
Partnership's ability to satisfy its investment objectives. Each Housing Complex
is subject to mortgage indebtedness. If a Local Limited Partnership failed to
pay its mortgage, it could lose its Housing Complex in foreclosure. If
foreclosure were to occur during the first 15 years, the loss of any remaining
Low Income Housing Credits, and a fractional recapture of prior Low Income
Housing Credits would occur. At any time, a foreclosure would result in a loss
of the Partnership's investment in the Housing Complex. The Partnership is a
limited partner or non-managing member of each Local Limited Partnership.
Accordingly, the Partnership will have very limited rights with respect to
management of the Local Limited Partnerships. The Partnership will rely totally
on the Local General Partners. Neither the Partnership's investments in Local
Limited Partnerships, nor the Local Limited Partnerships' investments in Housing
Complexes, are readily marketable. To the extent the Housing Complexes receive
government financing or operating subsidies, they may be subject to one or more
of the following risks: difficulties in obtaining tenants for the Housing
Complexes; difficulties in obtaining rent increases; limitations on cash
distributions; limitations on sales or refinancing of Housing Complexes;
limitations on transfers of interests in Local Limited Partnerships; limitations
on removal of Local General Partners; limitations on subsidy programs; and
possible changes in applicable regulations. Uninsured casualties could result in
loss of property and Low Income Housing Credits and recapture of Low Income
Housing Credits previously taken. The value of real estate is subject to risks
from fluctuating economic conditions, including employment rates, inflation,
tax, environmental, land use and zoning policies, supply and demand of similar
properties, and neighborhood conditions, among others.

The ability of Limited Partners to claim tax losses from the Partnership is
limited. The IRS may audit the Partnership or a Local Limited Partnership and
challenge the tax treatment of tax items. The amount of Low Income Housing
Credits and tax losses allocable to the limited partners could be reduced if the
IRS were successful in such a challenge. The alternative minimum tax could
reduce tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership. Changes in tax laws
could also impact the tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership and/or
the value of the Housing Complexes.

There are limits on the transferability of units, including a prohibition on the
transfer of more than 50% of the Units in a 12-month period. No trading market
for the Units exists or is expected to develop. Limited partners may be unable
to sell their Units except at a discount and should consider their Units to be a
long-term investment. Individual limited partners will have no recourse if they
disagree with actions authorized by a vote of the majority of Limited Partners.

Substantially all of the Low Income Housing Credits anticipated to be realized
from the Local Limited Partnerships have been realized. The Partnership does not
anticipate being allocated a significant amount of Low Income Housing Credits
from the Local Limited Partnerships in the future. Until the Local Limited
Partnerships have completed the 15 year Low Income Housing Credit compliance
period risks exist for potential recapture of prior low Income Housing Credits.


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Anticipated future and existing cash resources of the Partnership are not
sufficient to pay existing liabilities of the Partnership. However,
substantially all of the existing liabilities of the Partnership are payable to
the General Partner and /or its affiliates. Though the amounts payable to the
General Partner and/or its affiliates are contractually currently payable, the
Partnership anticipates that the General Partner and/or its affiliates will not
require the payment of these contractual obligations until capital reserves are
in excess of the aggregate of the existing contractual obligations and the
anticipated future foreseeable obligations of the Partnership. The Partnership
would be adversely affected should the General Partner and/or its affiliates
demand current payment of the existing contractual obligations and/or suspend
services for this or any other reason.

Exit Strategy

The IRS compliance period for low-income housing tax credit properties is
generally 15 years following construction or rehabilitation completion.
Associates was one of the first in the industry to offer syndicated investments
in Low Income Housing Credits. The initial programs are completing their
compliance periods.

With that in mind, the Partnership is continuing its review of the Partnership's
holdings, with special emphasis on the more mature properties including those
that have satisfied the IRS compliance requirements. The review considers many
factors including extended use requirements on the property (such as those due
to mortgage restrictions or state compliance agreements), the condition of the
property, and the tax consequences to the Limited Partners from the sale of the
property.

Upon identifying those properties with the highest potential for a successful
sale, refinancing or syndication, the Partnership expects to proceed with
efforts to liquidate those properties. The objective is to maximize the limited
partners' return wherever possible and, ultimately, to wind down the Partnership
when it no longer provides tax benefits to limited partners. However, Local
Limited Partnership interests may be disposed at any time by Associates in its
discretion. To date no properties in the Partnership have been selected for
disposition.

Item 2. Properties

Through its investments in Local Limited Partnerships, the Partnership holds
indirect ownership interests in the Housing Complexes. The following table
reflects the status of the forty-eight Housing Complexes as of the dates and for
the periods indicated:


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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
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Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
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Beaumont Beaumont, Donald W.
Elderly Mississippi Sowell
Housing, L.P. $ 229,000 $ 229,000 30 97% $ 462,000 $ 919,000

Brownfield Brownfield, Winston
Seniors Texas Sullivan
Community,
Ltd. 147,000 147,000 24 100% 292,000 705,000

Buffalo Buffalo, Donald W.
Apartments, Texas Sowell
Ltd. 91,000 91,000 24 96% 177,000 402,000

Cambridge Court Grottoes, The
Associates Limited Virginia Humphrey
Partnership Companies 254,000 254,000 39 100% 557,000 1,302,000

Candleridge Bondurant, Eric A.
Apartments of Iowa Sheldahl
Bondurant L.P. 99,000 99,000 23 100% 222,000 586,000

Candleridge Waukee, Eric A.
Apartments of Iowa Sheldahl
Waukee L.P. 101,000 101,000 23 91% 227,000 640,000

Carlinville Carlinville, Kenneth M.
Associates I, L.P. Illinois Vitor 105,000 105,000 20 75% 208,000 494,000

Cherokee Cedar Bluff, Thomas H.
Housing, Alabama Cooksey
Ltd. and Apartment
Developers,
Inc. 110,000 110,000 19 100% 272,000 613,000

Chester Associates Chester, Kenneth M.
I, a Limited Illinois Vitor
Partnership 159,000 159,000 24 92% 358,000 683,000

Clinton Terrace Albany, Eddie C.
Apartments, Ltd. Kentucky Dalton 138,000 138,000 24 100% 290,000 756,000


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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------
Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
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Coffeeville Coffeeville, Thomas H.
Housing, Alabama Cooksey and
Ltd. Apartment
Developers,
Inc. 103,000 103,000 19 89% 239,000 535,000

Coosa County Rockford, Thomas H.
Housing, Alabama Cooksey and
Ltd. Apartment
Developers,
Inc. 103,000 103,000 19 95% 265,000 550,000

Crockett Manor, Crockett, Jean
Ltd. Texas Johnson 184,000 184,000 40 100% 383,000 872,000

Crockett Manor Crockett, Jean
Senior Citizens Texas Johnson
Complex, Ltd. 203,000 203,000 36 94% 446,000 1,008,000

Delta Manor, Techula, Glenn D.
L.P. Mississippi Miller
227,000 227,000 36 97% 499,000 1,221,000

Eupora Eupora, Richard
Apartments, Mississippi Tenhet and
L.P. Geraldine
Tenhet 138,000 138,000 36 100% 310,000 1,190,000

Fairview Carroll, Kevin A.
Village V, Iowa Bierl
Limited
Partnership 119,000 119,000 20 85% 273,000 581,000

Fox Lake Fox Lake, William E.
Manor Wisconsin Paschke,
Limited Jr. and
Partnership Robert E.
Campbell 84,000 84,000 12 58% 161,000 367,000

Ft. Deposit Fort Thomas H.
Housing, Deposit, Cooksey and
Developers, Alabama Apartment
Developers,
Inc. 127,000 127,000 23 100% 330,000 695,000



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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
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Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
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Gulf Coast Gulfport, Philip
Apartments, Mississippi Napier
L.P. 320,000 320,000 60 90% 698,000 1,398,000

Gulf Coast Long Beach, Philip
Apartments Mississippi Napier
of Long Beach, L.P. 315,000 315,000 59 90% 685,000 1,413,000

Heritage Colonial Blackshear, Robert J.
Homes, L.P. Georgia Deharder and
Jacqueline F.
McPhillips 115,000 115,000 20 100% 126,000 519,000

HOI Limited Benson, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Benson Carolina Inc. 269,000 269,000 50 98% 577,000 1,140,000

HOI Limited Dallas, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Dallas Carolina Inc. 366,000 366,000 60 97% 787,000 1,670,000

HOI Limited Dunn, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Dunn Carolina Inc. 170,000 170,000 34 100% 366,000 802,000

HOI Limited Kings Housing
Partnership Mountain, Opportunities,
of Kings Mt. North Inc.
Carolina 262,000 262,000 46 100% 563,000 1,204,000

HOI Limited Sanford, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Lee Carolina Inc. 419,000 419,000 78 94% 901,000 1,935,000

HOI Limited Sanford, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Sanford Carolina Inc. 277,000 277,000 50 98% 594,000 1,191,000


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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
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Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOI Limited Selma, Housing
Partnership North Opportunities,
of Selma Carolina Inc. 271,000 271,000 58 95% 582,000 1,144,000

Killbuck Killbuck, Georg E.
Limited Ohio Maharg
Partnership 151,000 151,000 24 92% 338,000 740,000

Lake Ridge Tiptonville, Lewis
Apartments, Tennessee Beasley, Jr.
L.P. and Carol
Beasley 317,000 317,000 44 100% 647,000 1,444,000

Levelland Levelland, 1600
Manor, Texas Capital
L.P. Company 175,000 175,000 36 100% 393,000 894,000

Logan Park Caldwell, Riley J.
Associates Idaho Hill
Limited
Partnership 571,000 571,000 50 98% 1,281,000 2,251,000

Meadow Run Gordonsville, The Humphrey
Associates Virginia Companies
Limited
Partnership 302,000 302,000 43 98% 662,000 1,477,000

Oakdale Senior Oakdale, Oakdale
Housing California Senior
Limited Housing
Partnership Corporation 919,000 919,000 80 100% 2,110,000 2,871,000

Orange Orange Thomas H.
Beach Beach, Cooksey and
Housing, Alabama Apartment
Ltd. Developers,
Inc. 208,000 208,000 31 94% 472,000 1,075,000

Parks I Chatham, Sallie B.
Limited Virginia Garst and
Partnership Lillien S.
Brown 253,000 253,000 39 100% 568,000 1,226,000

Post Manor, Post, 1600 Capital
L.P. Texas Company 122,000 122,000 24 79% 263,000 625,000



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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------
Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
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Red Bud Red Bud, Kenneth M.
Associates I, Illinois Vitor
a Limited
Partnership 135,000 135,000 20 90% 303,000 592,000

Steeleville Steeleville, Kenneth M.
Associates I, Illinois Vitor
a Limited
Partnership 110,000 110,000 16 88% 247,000 544,000

Tanglewood Frankfurt, Georg E.
Limited Ohio Maharg and
Partnership Maharg Realty,
Inc. 212,000 212,000 36 100% 475,000 1,054,000

Village Lane Farmington, ERC
Properties, Arkansas Properties,
a Limited Inc.
Partnership 168,000 168,000 36 100% 370,000 876,000

Whitted Hillsborough, Hillsborough
Forest North Affordable
Limited Carolina Housing
Partnership Corporation 685,000 685,000 35 97% 1,572,000 951,000

Wilcam Camden, Thomas H.
Housing, Alabama Cooksey and
Ltd. Apartment
Developers,Inc. 106,000 106,000 19 100% 299,000 614,000

Wills Point Wills Point, 1600
Manor, Texas Capital
L.P. Company 124,000 124,000 24 100% 277,000 622,000

Windmere Lexington, The
Associates Virginia Humphrey
Limited Companies
Partnership 291,000 291,000 38 100% 539,000 1,471,000

Woodlands Mount 1600
Apartments, Pleasant, Capital
L.P. Texas Company 239,000 239,000 48 85% 537,000 1,239,000

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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
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Partnership's Original
Total Original Amount of Estimated Mortgage
General Investment in Investment Aggregate Low Balances of
Local Limited Partner Local Limited Paid to Number Income Housing Local Limited
Partnership Name Location Name Partnerships Date of Units Occupancy Credits (1) Partnerships
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Woodview Chillicothe, Michael K.
Limited Illinois and Moore
Partnership Glassford,
Illinois 269,000 269,000 36 98% 362,000 1,182,000
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$10,862,000 $ 10,862,000 1,685 95% $ 23,565,000 $48,283,000
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(1) Represents aggregate expected to be received if Housing Complexes are
retained and rented in compliance with credit rules for the 15-year
compliance period. Approximately 97% of the anticipated Low Income Housing
Credits have been received from the Local Limited Partnerships and are no
longer available to the Partnerships Limited Partners.


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For the year ended December 31, 2003
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Low Income
Housing Credits
Allocated to
Partnership Name Rental Income Net Income/(loss) Partnership
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont Elderly Housing, L.P. $ 125,000 $ (30,000) 99%

Brownfield Seniors Community, Ltd. 128,000 (19,000) 99%

Buffalo Apartments, Ltd. 112,000 (4,000) 99%

Cambridge Court Associates
Limited Partnership 144,000 (29,000) 99%

Candleridge Apartments of
Bondurant L.P. 125,000 (9,000) 99%

Candleridge Apartments of Waukee
L.P. 134,000 (4,000) 99%

Carlinville Associates I, L.P. 64,000 (13,000) 99%

Cherokee Housing, Ltd. 75,000 (14,000) 99%

Chester Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 83,000 (20,000) 99%

Clinton Terrace Apartments, Ltd. 88,000 (3,000) 99%

Coffeeville Housing, Ltd. 63,000 (11,000) 99%

Coosa County Housing, Ltd. 71,000 (4,000) 99%

Crockett Manor, Ltd. 170,000 3,000 99%

Crockett Manor Senior Citizens
Complex, Ltd. 143,000 (6,000) 99%

Delta Manor, L.P. 155,000 (50,000) 99%

Eupora Apartments, L.P. 130,000 (27,000) 99%

Fairview Village V, Limited
Partnership 65,000 3,000 99%

Fox Lake Manor Limited Partnership 28,000 (13,000) 99%

Ft. Deposit Housing, Ltd. 81,000 (19,000) 99%

Gulf Coast Apartments, L.P. 224,000 (27,000) 99%



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For the year ended December 31, 2003
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Low Income
Housing Credits
Allocated to
Partnership Name Rental Income Net Income/(loss) Partnership
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gulf Coast Apartments of Long
Beach, L.P. 229,000 (22,000) 99%

Heritage Colonial Homes, L.P. 67,000 (33,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Benson 218,000 (28,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Dallas 254,000 (41,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Dunn 139,000 (22,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Kings
Mt. 171,000 (31,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Lee 322,000 (97,000) 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Sanford 284,000 1,000 99%

HOI Limited Partnership of Selma 254,000 (18,000) 99%

Killbuck Limited Partnership 83,000 (22,000) 99%

Lake Ridge Apartments, L.P. 164,000 (33,000) 99%

Levelland Manor, L.P. 132,000 (18,000) 99%

Logan Park Associates Limited
Partnership 415,000 (35,000) 99%

Meadow Run Associates Limited
Partnership 178,000 (42,000) 99%

Oakdale Senior Housing Limited
Partnership 384,000 (180,000) 99%

Orange Beach Housing, Ltd. 121,000 (17,000) 99%

Parks I Limited Partnership 216,000 (23,000) 99%

Post Manor, L.P. 72,000 (40,000) 99%

Red Bud Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 74,000 (17,000) 99%


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For the year ended December 31, 2003
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Low Income
Housing Credits
Allocated to
Partnership Name Rental Income Net Income/(loss) Partnership
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Steeleville Associates I, a
Limited Partnership 58,000 (15,000) 99%

Tanglewood Limited Partnership 115,000 (36,000) 99%

Village Lane Properties, a
Limited Partnership 173,000 (34,000) 99%

Whitted Forest Limited Partnership 188,000 (17,000) 99%

Wilcam Housing, Ltd. 74,000 (18,000) 99%

Wills Point Manor, L.P. 88,000 (7,000) 99%

Windmere Associates Limited
Partnership 176,000 (33,000) 99%

Woodlands Apartments, L.P. 177,000 (42,000) 99%

Woodview Limited Partnership 186,000 (23,000) 99%
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$7,220,000 $ (1,239,000) 99%
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

NONE

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

NONE

PART II.

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Item 5a.

(a) The Units are not traded on a public exchange but were sold through a
public offering. It is not anticipated that any public market will develop
for the purchase and sale of any Unit and none exists. Units can be
assigned only if certain requirements in the Partnership Agreement are
satisfied.

(b) At March 31, 2004, there were 966 Limited Partners and 16 assignees of
Units who were not admitted as Limited Partners.

(c) The Partnership was not designed to provide cash distributions to Limited
Partners in circumstances other than refinancing or disposition of its
investments in Local Limited Partnerships. Any such distributions would be
made in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement.

(d) No securities are authorized for issuance by the Partnership under equity
compensation plans.

(e) No unregistered securities were sold by the Partnership during the year
ended March 31, 2004.

Item 5b. Use of Proceeds

NOT APPLICABLE

Item 5c. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

NONE

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

Selected balance sheet information for the Partnership is as follows:

March 31
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2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 226,870 $ 251,056 $ 294,946 $ 310,526 $ 330,386
Investments in limited
partnerships, net 514,148 1,358,412 1,816,995 2,387,646 3,533,290
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------

$ 741,018 $ 1,609,468 $ 2,111,941 $ 2,698,172 $ 3,863,676
=========== ========== =========== =========== ============

LIABILITIES
Payables to limited
partnerships $ - $ - $ - $ 50,818 $ 50,818
Accrued fees and expenses
due to General Partner
and affiliates 2,660,187 2,392,085 2,122,532 1,850,328 1,581,300

PARTNERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY (1,919,169) (782,617) (10,591) 797,026 2,231,558
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------

$ 741,018 $ 1,609,468 $ 2,111,941 $ 2,698,172 $ 3,863,676
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Selected results of operations, cash flows, and other information for the
Partnership are as follows:

For the Years Ended March 31
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2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
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Loss from operations
(Note 1) $ (868,336)$ (362,294) $ (312,218) $ (353,285) $ (354,817)
Equity in losses of
limited
partnerships (268,216) (409,732) (495,399) (1,081,247) (959,660)
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

Net loss $ (1,136,552)$ (772,026) $ (807,617) $(1,434,532) $(1,314,477)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========

Net loss allocated to:
General partner $ (11,366)$ (7,720) $ (8,076) $ (14,345) $ (13,145)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========

Limited partners $ (1,125,186)$ (764,306) $ (799,541) (1,420,187) (1,301,332)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========

Net loss per limited
partner unit $ (75.01)$ (50.95) $ (53.30) $ (94.68) $ (86.76)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========

Outstanding weighted
limited partner
units 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========


Note 1 - Loss from operations for the year ended March 31, 2004 includes a
charge for impairment losses on investments in limited partnerships of $549,216.
(See Note 2 to the audited financial statements)



For the Years Ended March 31
---------------------------------------------------------------

2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------

Net cash provided by
(used in):

Operating activities $ (25,711) $ (63,801) $ (14,092) $ (37,009) $ (21,505)
Investing activities 1,525 19,911 (1,488) 17,149 16,145
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------

Net change in cash and
cash equivalents (24,186) (43,890) (15,580) (19,860) (5,360)

Cash and cash
equivalents,
beginning of period 251,056 294,946 310,526 330,386 335,746
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------

Cash and cash
equivalents,
end of period $ 226,870 $ 251,056 $ 294,946 $ 310,526 $ 330,386
=========== =========== =========== ========== ==========

Low Income Housing Credits per Unit were as follows for the years ended December 31:




2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- --------------

Federal $ 125 $ 136 $ 157 $ 157 $ 157
State - - - - -
------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- --------------

Total $ 125 $ 136 $ 157 $ 157 $ 157
============= =============== =============== ============= ==============



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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations

Forward Looking Statements

With the exception of the discussion regarding historical information,
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and other discussions elsewhere in this Form 10-K contain forward
looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations subject to
uncertainties and other factors which may involve known and unknown risks that
could cause actual results of operations to differ materially from those
projected or implied. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based upon
assumptions about future events which may not prove to be accurate.

Risks and uncertainties inherent in forward looking statements include, but are
not limited to, our future cash flows and ability to obtain sufficient
financing, level of operating expenses, conditions in the low income housing tax
credit property market and the economy in general, as well as legal proceedings.
Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for
any future period.

Subsequent written and oral forward looking statements attributable to us or
persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
cautionary statements in this Form 10-K and in other reports we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The following discussion should be read in
conjunction with the Financial Statements and the Notes thereto included
elsewhere in this filing.

Critical Accounting Policies and Certain Risks and Uncertainties

The Company believes that the following discussion addresses the Partnership's
most significant accounting policies, which are the most critical to aid in
fully understanding and evaluating the Company's reported financial results, and
certain of the Partnership's risks and uncertainties.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those
estimates.

Method of Accounting For Investments in Limited Partnerships

The Partnership accounts for its investments in limited partnerships using the
equity method of accounting, whereby the Partnership adjusts its investment
balance for its share of the Local Limited Partnerships' results of operations
and for any contributions made and distributions received. The Partnership
reviews the carrying amount of an individual investment in a Local Limited
Partnership for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of such investment may not be recoverable.
Recoverability of such investment is measured by the estimated value derived by
management, generally consisting of the sum of the remaining future Low-Income
Housing Credits estimated to be allocable to the Partnership and the estimated
residual value to the Partnership. If an investment is considered to be
impaired, the Partnership reduces the carrying value of its investment in any
such Local Limited Partnership. The accounting policies of the Local Limited
Partnerships, generally, are expected to be consistent with those of the
Partnership. Costs incurred by the Partnership in acquiring the investments are
capitalized as part of the investment account and are being amortized over 30
years (Notes 2 and 3 to the audited financial statements).

Equity in losses of limited partnerships for each year ended March 31 have been
recorded by the Partnership based on nine months of reported results provided by
the Local Limited Partnerships for each year ended December 31 and on three
months of results estimated by management of the Partnership. Management's
estimate for the three-month period is based on either actual unaudited results
reported by the Local Limited Partnerships or historical trends in the
operations of the Local Limited Partnerships. In subsequent annual financial
statements, upon receiving the actual annual results reported by the Local
Limited Partnerships, management reverses its prior estimate and records the
actual results reported by the Local Limited Partnerships. Equity in losses from
the Local Limited Partnerships allocated to the Partnership are not recognized
to the extent that the investment balance would be adjusted below zero. As soon
as the investment balance reaches zero, amortization of the related costs of
acquiring the investment are accelerated to the extent of losses available.

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Distributions received from the Local Limited Partnerships are accounted for as
a reduction of the investment balance. Distributions received after the
investment has reached zero are recognized as income. If the Local Limited
Partnerships report net income in future years, the Partnership will resume
applying the equity method only after its share of such net income equals the
share of net losses not recognized during the period(s) the equity method was
suspended.

Income Taxes

No provision for income taxes has been recorded in the financial statements as
any liability and/or benefits for income taxes flows to the partners of the
Partnership and is their obligation and/or benefit. For income tax purposes the
Partnership reports on a calendar year basis.

Certain Risks and Uncertainties

An investment in the Partnership and the Partnership's investments in Local
Limited Partnerships and their Housing Complexes are subject to risks. These
risks may impact the tax benefits of an investment in the Partnership, and the
amount of proceeds available for distribution to the Limited Partners, if any,
on liquidation of the Partnership's investments. Some of those risks include the
following:

The Low Income Housing Credit rules are extremely complicated. Noncompliance
with these rules results in the loss of future Low Income Housing Credit s and
the fractional recapture of Low Income Housing Credits already taken. In most
cases the annual amount of Low Income Housing Credits that an individual can use
is limited to the tax liability due on the person's last $25,000 of taxable
income. The Local Limited Partnerships may be unable to sell the Housing
Complexes at a profit. Accordingly, the Partnership may be unable to distribute
any cash to its limited partners. Low Income Housing Credits may be the only
benefit from an investment in the Partnership.

The Partnership has invested in a limited number of Local Limited Partnerships.
Such limited diversity means that the results of operation of each single
Housing Complex will have a greater impact on the Partnership. With limited
diversity, poor performance of one Housing Complex could impair the
Partnership's ability to satisfy its investment objectives. Each Housing Complex
is subject to mortgage indebtedness. If a Local Limited Partnership failed to
pay its mortgage, it could lose its Housing Complex in foreclosure. If
foreclosure were to occur during the first 15 years, the loss of any remaining
Low Income Housing Credits, a fractional recapture of prior Low Income Housing
Credits and a loss of the Partnership's investment in the Housing Complex would
occur. The Partnership is a limited partner or non-managing member of each Local
Limited Partnership. Accordingly, the Partnership will have very limited rights
with respect to management of the Local Limited Partnerships. The Partnership
will rely totally on the Local General Partners. Neither the Partnership's
investments in Local Limited Partnerships, nor the Local Limited Partnerships'
investments in Housing Complexes, are readily marketable. To the extent the
Housing Complexes receive government financing or operating subsidies, they may
be subject to one or more of the following risks: difficulties in obtaining
tenants for the Housing Complexes; difficulties in obtaining rent increases;
limitations on cash distributions; limitations on sales or refinancing of
Housing Complexes; limitations on transfers of interests in Local Limited
Partnerships; limitations on removal of Local General Partners; limitations on
subsidy programs; and possible changes in applicable regulations. Uninsured
casualties could result in loss of property and Low Income Housing Credits and
recapture of Low Income Housing Credits previously taken. The value of real
estate is subject to risks from fluctuating economic conditions, including
employment rates, inflation, tax, environmental, land use and zoning policies,
supply and demand of similar properties, and neighborhood conditions, among
others.

The ability of Limited Partners to claim tax losses from the Partnership is
limited. The IRS may audit the Partnership or a Local Limited Partnership and
challenge the tax treatment of tax items. The amount of Low Income Housing
Credits and tax losses allocable to the limited partners could be reduced if the
IRS were successful in such a challenge. The alternative minimum tax could
reduce tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership. Changes in tax laws
could also impact the tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership and/or
the value of the Housing Complexes.


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Substantially all of the Low Income Housing Credits anticipated to be realized
from the Local Limited Partnerships have been realized. The Partnership does not
anticipate being allocated a significant amount of Low Income Housing Credits
from the Local Limited Partnerships in the future. Until the Local Limited
Partnerships have completed the 15 year Low Income Housing Credit compliance
period risks exist for potential recapture of prior low Income Housing Credits.

No trading market for the Units exists or is expected to develop. Limited
partners may be unable to sell their Units except at a discount and should
consider their Units to be a long-term investment. Individual limited partners
will have no recourse if they disagree with actions authorized by a vote of the
majority of Limited Partners.

To date, certain Local Limited Partnerships have incurred significant operating
losses and have working capital deficiencies. In the event these Local Limited
Partnerships continue to incur significant operating losses, additional capital
contributions by the Partnership and/or the Local General Partner may be
required to sustain the operations of such Local Limited Partnerships. If
additional capital contributions are not made when they are required, the
Partnership's investment in certain of such Local Limited Partnerships could be
impaired, and the loss and recapture of the related tax credits could occur.

Anticipated future and existing cash resources of the Partnership are not
sufficient to pay existing liabilities of the Partnership. However,
substantially all of the existing liabilities of the Partnership are payable to
the General Partner and /or its affiliates. Though the amounts payable to the
General Partner and/or its affiliates are contractually currently payable, the
Partnership anticipates that the General Partner and/or its affiliates will not
require the payment of these contractual obligations until capital reserves are
in excess of the aggregate of the existing contractual obligations and the
anticipated future foreseeable obligations of the Partnership. The Partnership
would be adversely affected should the General Partner and/or its affiliates
demand current payment of the existing contractual obligations and/or suspend
services for this or any other reason.

Financial Condition

The Partnership's assets at March 31, 2004 consisted primarily of $227,000 in
cash and aggregate investments in the forty-eight Local Limited Partnerships of
$514,000. Liabilities at March 31, 2004 primarily consisted of $2,660,000 of
accrued annual management fees and operating expenses due to the General
Partner.

Results of Operations

Year Ended March 31, 2004 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2003. The
Partnership's net loss for the year ended March 31, 2004 was $(1,137,000),
reflecting an increase of $(365,000) from the net loss experienced for the year
ended March 31, 2003 of $(772,000). The increase in net loss is due to an
increase in the loss from operations of $(506,000). The increase in loss from
operations was primarily caused by a $(549,000) increase in impairment loss. The
impairment loss is due to the fact that the net investment balance exceeded the
remaining tax credits, along with any residual value in seven limited
partnerships. This loss is offset by a $3,000 decrease in other operating
expenses, a $3,000 decrease in amortization and an increase of $37,000 in total
income. In addition the loss is also offset by a reduction in the equity in
losses of Local Limited Partnerships by $141,000. The decrease in equity in
losses of Local Limited Partnerships is primarily due to the Partnership not
recognizing certain losses of Local Limited Partnerships. The investments in
such Local Limited Partnerships had reached $0 at March 31, 2004. Since the
Partnership's liability with respect to its investments is limited, losses in
excess of investment are not recognized.

Year Ended March 31, 2003 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2002. The
Partnership's net loss for the year ended March 31, 2003 was $(772,000),
reflecting a decrease of $36,000 from the net loss experienced for the year
ended March 31, 2002. The decline in net loss is due to a reduction in the
equity in losses of Local Limited Partnerships by $85,000. The decrease in
equity in losses of Local Limited Partnerships is primarily due to the
Partnership not recognizing certain losses of Local Limited Partnerships. The
investments in such Local Limited Partnerships had reached $0 at March 31, 2003.
Since the Partnership's liability with respect to its investments is limited,
losses in excess of investment are not recognized. The decrease in equity in
losses of limited partnerships is offset by an increase in loss from operations
by $50,000 due to a decrease in total income by $46,000 and an increase in
operating expenses by $4,000.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Year Ended March 31, 2004 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2003. Net cash used
during the year ended March 31, 2004 was $(24,000), compared to net cash used
for the year ended March 31, 2003 of $(44,000). The change was due primarily to
a decrease of $38,000 in net cash used by operating activities due to the fact
that there was an increase of $30,000 in reporting fees along with an $8,000
increase in distribution income which was offset by a decrease of $(18,000) in
distributions received from Local Limited Partnerships.

Year Ended March 31, 2003 Compared to Year Ended March 31, 2002. Net cash used
during the year ended March 31, 2003 was $(44,000), compared to a net cash
decrease for the year ended March 31, 2002 of $(16,000). The change was due
primarily to an increase of $49,000 in net cash used by operating activities,
which was offset by an increase of $16,000 in distributions.

During the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, accrued payables, which
consist primarily of related party management fees due to the General Partner,
increased by $268,000, $270,000 and 272,000, respectively. The General Partner
does not anticipate that these accrued fees will be paid in full until such time
as capital reserves are in excess of future foreseeable working capital
requirements of the Partnership.

The Partnership expects its future cash flows, together with its net available
assets at March 31, 2004, to be sufficient to meet all currently foreseeable
future cash requirements. This excludes amounts owed to Associates by the
Partnership disclosed below.

Future Contractual Cash Obligations

The following table summarizes our future contractual cash obligations as of
March 31, 2004:


2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Thereafter Total

----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------

Asset Management Fees (1) $ 2,959,215 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 12,260,148 $ 16,415,475
Capital Contributions
Payable to Lower Tier
Partnerships - - - - - - -
----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------
Total contractual cash
obligations $ 2,959,215 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 299,028 $ 12,260,148 $ 16,415,475
=========== ========= ========= ========= ========= ============ =============

(1) Asset Management Fees are payable annually until termination of the
Partnership, which is to occur no later than 2050. The estimate of the fees
payable included herein assumes the retention of the Partnership's interest
in all Housing Complexes until 2050. Amounts due to the General Partners as
of March 31, 2004 have been included in the 2005 column. The General
Partner does not anticipate that these fees will be paid until such time as
capital reserves are in excess of the future foreseeable working capital
requirements of the Partnership.

For additional information on our Asset Management Fees, see Note 3 to the
audited financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Partnership has no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Exit Strategy

The IRS compliance period for low-income housing tax credit properties is
generally 15 years from occupancy following construction or rehabilitation
completion. WNC was one of the first in the industry to offer investments using
the tax credit. Now these very first programs are completing their compliance
period.

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With that in mind, we are continuing our review of the Partnership's holdings,
with special emphasis on the more mature properties including those that have
satisfied the IRS compliance requirements. Our review will consider many factors
including extended use requirements on the property (such as those due to
mortgage restrictions or state compliance agreements), the condition of the
property, and the tax consequences to the limited partners from the sale of the
property.

Upon identifying those properties with the highest potential for a successful
sale, refinancing or syndication, we expect to proceed with efforts to liquidate
those properties. Our objective is to maximize the limited partners' return
wherever possible and, ultimately, to wind down those funds that no longer
provide tax benefits to limited partners. To date no properties in the
Partnership have been selected.

Impact of New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 ("FIN46"), "Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities." FIN 46 provides guidance on when a company
should include the assets, liabilities, and activities of a variable interest
entity ("VIE") in its financial statements and when it should disclose
information about its relationship with a VIE. A VIE is a legal structure used
to conduct activities or hold assets, which must be consolidated by a company if
it is the primary beneficiary because it absorbs the majority of the entity's
expected losses, the majority of the expected returns, or both.

In December 2003, the FASB issued a revision of FIN 46 ("FIN 46R") to clarify
some of its provisions. The revision results in multiple effective dates based
on the nature as well as the creation date of the VIE. VIEs created after
January 31, 2003, but prior to January 1, 2004, may be accounted for either
based on the original interpretations or the revised interpretations. However,
all VIEs must be accounted for under the revised interpretations as of March 31,
2004, when FIN 46R is effective for the Partnership.

This Interpretation would require consolidation by the Partnership of certain
Local Limited Partnerships' assets and liabilities and results of operations if
the Partnership determined that the Local Limited Partnership was a VIE and that
the Partnership was the "Primary Beneficiary." Minority interests may be
recorded for the Local Limited Partnerships' ownership share attributable to
other Limited Partners. Where consolidation of Local Limited Partnerships is not
required, additional financial information disclosures of Local Limited
Partnerships may be required. The Partnership has assessed the potential
consolidation effects of the Interpretation and concluded that the adoption of
the Interpretation does not have a material impact on the financial statements
of the Partnership.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

NOT APPLICABLE

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Partners
WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of WNC Housing Tax Credit
Fund III, L.P. (a California Limited Partnership) (the "Partnership") as of
March 31, 2004 and the related statements of operations, partners' equity and
cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. A significant
portion of the financial statements of the limited partnerships in which the
Partnership is a limited partner were audited by other auditors whose reports
have been furnished to us. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements,
the Partnership accounts for its investments in limited partnerships using the
equity method. The portion of the Partnership's investment in limited
partnerships audited by other auditors represented $341,000 of the total assets
of the Partnership at March 31, 2004 and $174,000 of the Partnership's equity in
losses of limited partnerships for the year ended March 31, 2004. Our opinion,
insofar as it relates to the amounts included in the financial statements for
the limited partnerships which were audited by others, is based solely on the
reports of the other auditors.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audit and the reports of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the reports of the other auditors,
the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. (a
California Limited Partnership) as of March 31, 2004, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Partnership currently has insufficient working capital to fund
obligations to an affiliate of the General Partner for asset management
services. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Partnership
would be adversely affected should the affiliate of the General Partner of the
Partnership, WNC and Associates, Inc., demand current payment of existing
contractual obligations and/or suspend services for this or any other reason.



/s/ Reznick Group, PC

Bethesda, Maryland
October 21, 2004


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Partners
WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund
III, L.P. (a California Limited Partnership) (the "Partnership") as of March 31,
2003 and the related statements of operations, partners' equity (deficit) and
cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. A significant portion of the financial statements of the limited
partnerships in which the Partnership is a limited partner were audited by other
auditors whose reports have been furnished to us. As discussed in Note 2 to the
financial statements, the Partnership accounts for its investments in limited
partnerships using the equity method. The portion of the Partnership's
investment in limited partnerships audited by other auditors represented 58% of
the total assets of the Partnership at March 31, 2003, and 58% and 64% of the
Partnership's equity in losses of limited partnerships for the years ended March
31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Our opinion, insofar as it relates to the
amounts included in the financial statements for the limited partnerships which
were audited by others, is based solely on the reports of the other auditors.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States.) Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the reports of
the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of the other auditors, the
financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. (a California
Limited Partnership) as of March 31, 2003 and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


/s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP

Costa Mesa, California
June 24, 2003


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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

BALANCE SHEETS


March 31
------------------------------

2004 2003
------------- --------------
ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents $ 226,870 $ 251,056
Investments in limited partnerships, net (Notes 2 and 3) 514,148 1,358,412
------------- --------------

$ 741,018 $ 1,609,468
============= ==============

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIT

Liabilities:
Accrued fees and expenses due to General
Partner and affiliates (Note 3) $ 2,660,187 $ 2,392,085

Commitments and contingencies

Partners' deficit:
General partner (59,713) (48,347)
Limited partners (15,000 units authorized;
15,000 units issued and outstanding) (1,859,456) (734,270)
------------- --------------

Total partners' deficit (1,919,169) (782,617)
------------- --------------

$ 741,018 $ 1,609,468
============= ==============

See reports of independent registered public accounting firms and accompanying notes to financial statements

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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS



For the Years Ended March 31
--------------------------------------------

2004 2003 2002
------------ ------------ -------------


Interest income $ 2,155 $ 4,018 $ 8,115
Reporting fee income 32,386 1,883 38,691
Distribution income 8,167 - 4,870
------------ ------------ -------------

Total income 42,708 5,901 51,676
------------ ------------ -------------

Operating expenses:
Amortization (Notes 2 and 3) 25,307 28,940 25,922
Asset management fees (Note 3) 299,462 299,028 299,028
Impairment loss (Note 2) 549,216 - -
Other expenses 37,059 40,227 38,944
------------ ------------ -------------

Total operating expenses 911,044 368,195 363,894
------------ ------------ -------------

Loss from operations (868,336) (362,294) (312,218)

Equity in losses of limited
partnerships (Note 2) (268,216) (409,732) (495,399)
------------ ------------ -------------
Net loss $ (1,136,552) $ (772,026) $ (807,617)
============ ============ =============

Net loss allocated to:
General partner $ (11,366) $ (7,720) $ (8,076)
============ ============ =============

Limited partners $ (1,125,186) $ (764,306) $ (799,541)
============ ============ =============

Net loss per limited partnership unit $ (75.01) $ (50.95) $ (53.30)
============ ============ =============

Outstanding weighted limited partner
units 15,000 15,000 15,000
============ ============ =============



See reports of independent registered public accounting firms and accompanying notes to financial statements

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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


General Limited
Partner Partners Total
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Partners' equity (deficit) at March 31, 2001 $ (32,551) $ 829,577 $ 797,026

Net loss (8,076) (799,541) (807,617)
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Partners' equity (deficit) at March 31, 2002 (40,627) 30,036 (10,591)

Net loss (7,720) (764,306) (772,026)
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Partners' deficit at March 31, 2003 (48,347) (734,270) (782,617)

Net loss (11,366) (1,125,186) (1,136,552)
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Partners' deficit at March 31, 2004 $ (59,713) $ (1,859,456) $ (1,919,169)
=============== =============== ===============

See reports of independent registered public accounting firms and accompanying notes to financial statements



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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS





For the Years Ended
March 31
------------------------------------------------

2004 2003 2002
------------- ------------- --------------

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (1,136,552) $ (772,026) $ (807,617)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash used in operating
activities:
Amortization 25,307 28,940 25,922
Equity in losses of limited
partnerships 268,216 409,732 495,399
Impairment loss 549,216 - -
Increase in accrued fees and
expenses due to General Partner
and affiliates 268,102 269,553 272,204
------------- ------------- --------------

Net cash used in operating activities (25,711) (63,801 ) (14,092)
------------- ------------- --------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in limited partnerships - - (5,000)
Distributions from limited
partnerships 1,525 19,911 3,512
------------- ------------- --------------

Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities 1,525 19,911 (1,488)
------------- ------------- --------------

Net decrease in cash and
cash equivalents (24,186) (43,890) (15,580)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period 251,056 294,946 310,526
------------- ------------- --------------

Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period $ 226,870 $ 251,056 $ 294,946
============= ============= ==============

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF
CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Taxes paid $ 800 $ 800 $ 800
============= ============= ==============

See reports of independent registered public accounting firms and accompanying notes to financial statements


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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
- ------------------------------------------------------
Organization
- ------------

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P., a California Limited Partnership (the
"Partnership"), was formed on May 10, 1991 under the laws of the State of
California. The Partnership was formed to invest primarily in other limited
partnerships (the "Local Limited Partnerships") which own and operate
multi-family housing complexes (the "Housing Complexes") that are eligible for
low income housing credits. The local general partners (the "Local General
Partners") of each Local Limited Partnership retain responsibility for
maintaining, operating and managing the Housing Complex.

The general partner of the Partnership is WNC Tax Credit Partners, L.P. (the
"General Partner"). WNC & Associates, Inc. ("Associates") and Wilfred N. Cooper,
Sr. are the general partners of WNC Tax Credit Partners, L.P. The chairman and
president of Associates own substantially all of the outstanding stock of
Associates. The business of the Partnership is conducted primarily through
Associates, as the Partnership and General Partner has no employees of its own.

The Partnership shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2050
unless terminated prior to that date pursuant to the partnership agreement or
law.

The financial statements include only activity relating to the business of the
Partnership, and do not give effect to any assets that the partners may have
outside of their interests in the Partnership, or to any obligations, including
income taxes, of the partners.

The Partnership Agreement authorized the sale of up to 15,000 units at $1,000
per Unit ("Units"). The offering of Units concluded on September 30, 1993 at
which time 15,000 Units representing subscriptions in the amount of $15,000,000
had been accepted. The General Partner has a 1% interest in operating profits
and losses, taxable income and losses, cash available for distribution from the
Partnership and tax credits. The limited partners will be allocated the
remaining 99% of these items in proportion to their respective investments.

After the limited partners have received proceeds from a sale or refinancing
equal to their capital contributions and their return on investment (as defined
in the Partnership Agreement) and the General Partner has received proceeds
equal to its capital contribution and a subordinated disposition fee (as
described in Note 3) from the remainder, any additional sale or refinancing
proceeds will be distributed 90% to the limited partners (in proportion to their
respective investments) and 10% to the General Partner.

Risks and Uncertainties
- -----------------------

An investment in the Partnership and the Partnership's investments in Local
Limited Partnerships and their Housing Complexes are subject to risks. These
risks may impact the tax benefits of an investment in the Partnership, and the
amount of proceeds available for distribution to the Limited Partners, if any,
on liquidation of the Partnership's investments. Some of those risks include the
following:

The Low Income Housing Credit rules are extremely complicated. Noncompliance
with these rules results in the loss of future Low Income Housing Credits and
the fractional recapture of Low Income Housing Credits already taken. In most
cases the annual amount of Low Income Housing Credits that an individual can use
is limited to the tax liability due on the person's last $25,000 of taxable
income. The Local Limited Partnerships may be unable to sell the Housing
Complexes at a price which would result in the Partnership realizing cash
distributions or proceeds from the transaction. Accordingly, the Partnership may
be unable to distribute any cash to its limited partners. Low Income Housing
Credits may be the only benefit from an investment in the Partnership.

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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued
- --------------------------------------------------------------

The Partnership has invested in a limited number of Local Limited Partnerships.
Such limited diversity means that the results of operation of each single
Housing Complex will have a greater impact on the Partnership. With limited
diversity, poor performance of one Housing Complex could impair the
Partnership's ability to satisfy its investment objectives. Each Housing Complex
is subject to mortgage indebtedness. If a Local Limited Partnership failed to
pay its mortgage, it could lose its Housing Complex in foreclosure. If
foreclosure were to occur during the first 15 years, the loss of any remaining
Low Income Housing Credits, a fractional recapture of prior Low Income Housing
Credits and a loss of the Partnership's investment in the Housing Complex would
occur. The Partnership is a limited partner or non-managing member of each Local
Limited Partnership. Accordingly, the Partnership will have very limited rights
with respect to management of the Local Limited Partnerships. The Partnership
will rely totally on the Local General Partners. Neither the Partnership's
investments in Local Limited Partnerships, nor the Local Limited Partnerships'
investments in Housing Complexes, are readily marketable. To the extent the
Housing Complexes receive government financing or operating subsidies, they may
be subject to one or more of the following risks: difficulties in obtaining
tenants for the Housing Complexes; difficulties in obtaining rent increases;
limitations on cash distributions; limitations on sales or refinancing of
Housing Complexes; limitations on transfers of interests in Local Limited
Partnerships; limitations on removal of Local General Partners; limitations on
subsidy programs; and possible changes in applicable regulations. Uninsured
casualties could result in loss of property and Low Income Housing Credits and
recapture of Low Income Housing Credits previously taken. The value of real
estate is subject to risks from fluctuating economic conditions, including
employment rates, inflation, tax, environmental, land use and zoning policies,
supply and demand of similar properties, and neighborhood conditions, among
others.

The ability of Limited Partners to claim tax losses from the Partnership is
limited. The IRS may audit the Partnership or a Local Limited Partnership and
challenge the tax treatment of tax items. The amount of Low Income Housing
Credits and tax losses allocable to the limited partners could be reduced if the
IRS were successful in such a challenge. The alternative minimum tax could
reduce tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership. Changes in tax laws
could also impact the tax benefits from an investment in the Partnership and/or
the value of the Housing Complexes.

Substantially all of the Low Income Housing Credits anticipated to be realized
from the Local Limited Partnerships have been realized. The Partnership does not
anticipate being allocated a significant amount of Low Income Housing Credits
from the Local Limited Partnerships in the future. Until the Local Limited
Partnerships have completed the 15 year Low Income Housing Credit compliance
period risks exist for potential recapture of prior low Income Housing Credits.

No trading market for the Units exists or is expected to develop. Limited
partners may be unable to sell their Units except at a discount and should
consider their Units to be a long-term investment. Individual limited partners
will have no recourse if they disagree with actions authorized by a vote of the
majority of Limited Partners.

Anticipated future and existing cash resources of the Partnership are not
sufficient to pay existing liabilities of the Partnership. However,
substantially all of the existing liabilities of the Partnership are payable to
the General Partner and /or its affiliates. Though the amounts payable to the
General Partner and/or its affiliates are contractually currently payable, the
Partnership anticipates that the General Partner and/or its affiliates will not
require the payment of these contractual obligations until capital reserves are
in excess of the aggregate of the existing contractual obligations and the
anticipated future foreseeable obligations of the Partnership. The Partnership
would be adversely affected should the General Partner and/or its affiliates
demand current payment of the existing contractual obligations and/or suspend
services for this or any other reason.

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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued
- --------------------------------------------------------------

Exit Strategy
- -------------

The IRS compliance period for low-income housing tax credit properties is
generally 15 years from occupancy following construction or rehabilitation
completion. WNC was one of the first in the industry to offer investments using
the tax credit. Now these very first programs are completing their compliance
period.

With that in mind, the Partnership is continuing to review the Partnership's
holdings, with special emphasis on the more mature properties including those
that have satisfied the IRS compliance requirements. The Partnership's review
will consider many factors including extended use requirements on the property
(such as those due to mortgage restrictions or state compliance agreements), the
condition of the property, and the tax consequences to the limited partners from
the sale of the property.

Upon identifying those properties with the highest potential for a successful
sale, refinancing or syndication, the Partnership expects to proceed with
efforts to liquidate those properties. The Partnership's objective is to
maximize the limited partners' return wherever possible and, ultimately, to wind
down those funds that no longer provide tax benefits to limited partners. To
date no properties in the Partnership have been selected.

Method of Accounting for Investments in Limited Partnerships
- ------------------------------------------------------------

The Partnership accounts for its investments in limited partnerships using the
equity method of accounting, whereby the Partnership adjusts its investment
balance for its share of the Local Limited Partnerships' results of operations
and for any contributions made and distributions received. The Partnership
reviews the carrying amount of an individual investment in a Local Limited
Partnership for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of such investment may not be recoverable.
Recoverability of such investment is measured by the estimated value derived by
management, generally consisting of the sum of the remaining future Low-Income
Housing Credits estimated to be allocable to the Partnership and the estimated
residual value to the Partnership. If an investment is considered to be
impaired, the Partnership reduces the carrying value of its investment in any
such Local Limited Partnership. The accounting policies of the Local Limited
Partnerships, generally, are expected to be consistent with those of the
Partnership. Costs incurred by the Partnership in acquiring the investments are
capitalized as part of the investment account and are being amortized over 30
years (see Notes 2 and 3).

Equity in losses of limited partnerships for each year ended March 31 have been
recorded by the Partnership based on nine months of reported results provided by
the Local Limited Partnerships for each year ended December 31 and on three
months of results estimated by management of the Partnership. Management's
estimate for the three-month period is based on either actual unaudited results
reported by the Local Limited Partnerships or historical trends in the
operations of the Local Limited Partnerships. In subsequent annual financial
statements, upon receiving the actual annual results reported by the Local
Limited Partnerships, management reverses its prior estimate and records the
actual results reported by the Local Limited Partnerships. Equity in losses from
the Local Limited Partnerships allocated to the Partnership are not recognized
to the extent that the investment balance would be adjusted below zero. As soon
as the investment balance reaches zero, amortization of the related costs of
acquiring the investment are accelerated to the extent of losses available (see
Note 3). If the Local Limited Partnerships report net income in future years,
the Partnership will resume applying the equity method only after its share of
such net income equals the share of net losses not recognized during the
period(s) the equity method was suspended.

Use of Estimates
- ----------------

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those
estimates.

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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued
- --------------------------------------------------------------

Cash and Cash Equivalents
- -------------------------

The Partnership considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities
of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of March 31,
2004 and 2003, the Partnership had no cash equivalents.

Concentration of Credit Risk
- ----------------------------

At March 31, 2004, the Partnership has maintained cash balances at a certain
financial institution in excess of the maximum federally insured amounts.

Net Loss Per Limited Partner Unit
- ---------------------------------

Net loss per limited partner unit is calculated pursuant to Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, Earnings Per Share. Net loss per unit
includes no dilution and is computed by dividing loss available to limited
partners by the weighted average number of units outstanding during the period.
Calculation of diluted net loss per unit is not required.

Reporting Comprehensive Income
- ------------------------------

The Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 130, Reporting
Comprehensive Income established standards for the reporting and display of
comprehensive income (loss) and its components in a full set of general-purpose
financial statements. The Partnership had no items of other comprehensive income
during the years presented, as defined by SFAS No. 130.

Income Taxes
- ------------

No provision for income taxes has been recorded in the accompanying financial
statements as any liability and/or benefits for income taxes as income taxes
flows to the partners of the Partnership and is their obligation and/or benefit.
For income tax purposes the Partnership reports on a calendar year basis.

New Accounting Pronouncements
- -----------------------------

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 ("FIN46"), "Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities." FIN 46 provides guidance on when a company
should include the assets, liabilities, and activities of a variable interest
entity ("VIE") in its financial statements and when it should disclose
information about its relationship with a VIE. A VIE is a legal structure used
to conduct activities or hold assets, which must be consolidated by a company if
it is the primary beneficiary because it absorbs the majority of the entity's
expected losses, the majority of the expected returns, or both.

In December 2003, the FASB issued a revision of FIN 46 ("FIN 46R") to clarify
some of its provisions. The revision results in multiple effective dates based
on the nature as well as the creation date of the VIE. VIEs created after
January 31, 2003, but prior to January 1, 2004, may be accounted for either
based on the original interpretations or the revised interpretations. However,
all VIEs must be accounted for under the revised interpretations as of March 31,
2004, when FIN 46R is effective for the Partnership.


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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued
- --------------------------------------------------------------

This Interpretation would require consolidation by the Partnership of certain
Local Limited Partnerships' assets and liabilities and results of operations if
the Partnership determined that the Local Limited Partnership was a VIE and that
the Partnership was the "Primary Beneficiary." Minority interests may be
recorded for the Local Limited Partnerships' ownership share attributable to
other Limited Partners. Where consolidation of Local Limited Partnerships is not
required, additional financial information disclosures of Local Limited
Partnerships may be required. The Partnership has assessed the potential
consolidation effects of the Interpretation and concluded that the adoption of
the Interpretation does not have a material impact on the financial statements
of the Partnership.

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
- --------------------------------------------

For all periods presented, the Partnership had acquired limited partnership
interests in forty-eight Local Limited Partnerships, each of which owns one
Housing Complex consisting of an aggregate of 1,685 apartment units. The
respective Local General Partners of the Local Limited Partnerships manage the
day-to-day operations of the entities. Significant Local Limited Partnership
business decisions require approval from the Partnership. The Partnership, as a
limited partner, is generally entitled to 99%, as specified in the Local Limited
Partnership agreements, of the operating profits and losses, taxable income and
losses and tax credits of the Local Limited Partnerships.

The Partnership's investments in Local Limited Partnerships as reflected in the
balance sheets at March 31, 2004 and 2003, are approximately $4,356,000 and
$3,931,000, respectively, greater than the Partnership's combined equity at the
preceding December 31 as shown in the Local Limited Partnerships' combined
financial statements presented below. This difference is primarily due to
unrecorded losses, as discussed below, acquisition, selection, and other costs
related to the acquisition of the investments which have been capitalized in the
Partnership's investment account and impairment losses recorded in the
Partnership's investment account. The Partnership's investment is also lower
than the Partnership's equity as shown in the Local Limited Partnership's
combined financial statements due to the losses recorded by the Partnership for
the three month period ended March 31.

Equity in losses of the Local Limited Partnerships is recognized in the
financial statements until the related investment account is reduced to a zero
balance. Losses incurred after the investment account is reduced to zero are not
recognized. If the Local Limited Partnerships report net income in future years,
the Partnership will resume applying the equity method only after its share of
such net income equals the share of net losses not recognized during the
period(s) the equity method was suspended.

A loss in value from a Local Limited Partnership other than a temporary decline
would be recorded as an impairment loss. Impairment is measured by comparing the
investment carrying amount to the sum of the total amount of the remaining tax
credits allocated to the fund and the estimated residual value of the
investment. Accordingly, the Partnership recorded an impairment loss of $549,216
during the year ended March 31, 2004.

Distributions from the Local Limited Partners are accounted for as a reduction
of the investment balance. Distributions received after the investment has
reached zero are recognized as income.


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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, continued
- -------------------------------------------------------

At March 31, 2004 and 2003, the investment accounts in certain Local Limited
Partnerships have reached a zero balance. Consequently, a portion of the
Partnership's estimate of its share of losses for the years ended March 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002 amounting to approximately $957,000, $928,000 and $823,000,
respectively, have not been recognized. As of March 31, 2004, the aggregate
share of net losses not recognized by the Partnership amounted to $4,115,000.

Following is a summary of the equity method activity of the investments in Local
Limited Partnerships for the periods presented:


For the Years Ended
March 31
------------------------------------------------

2004 2003 2002
------------- -------------- --------------

Investments per balance sheet, beginning of period $ 1,358,412 $ 1,816,995 $ 2,387,646
Capital contributions paid - - 5,000
Capital contributions payable to limited partnerships - - (50,818)
Impairment loss (549,216) - -
Equity in losses of limited partnerships (268,216) (409,732) (495,399)
Distributions received from limited partnerships (1,525) (19,911) (3,512)
Amortization of paid acquisition fees and costs (25,307) (28,940) (25,922)
------------- -------------- --------------

Investments per balance sheet, end of period $ 514,148 $ 1,358,412 $ 1,816,995
============= ============== ==============



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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, continued
- -------------------------------------------------------

The financial information from the individual financial statements of the Local
Limited Partnerships include rental and interest subsidies. Rental subsidies are
included in total revenues and interest subsidies are generally netted against
interest expense. Approximate combined condensed financial information from the
individual financial statements of the Local Limited Partnerships as of December
31 and for the years then ended is as follows:

COMBINED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

2003 2002
--------------- ---------------

ASSETS

Buildings and improvements, net of accumulated
depreciation for 2003 and 2002 of $20,391,000 and
$18,503,000, respectively $ 40,940,000 $ 42,602,000
Land 4,181,000 4,173,000
Other assets 5,412,000 5,329,000
--------------- ---------------

50,533,000 52,104,000
=============== ===============
LIABILITIES

Mortgage loans payable $ 48,283,000 $ 48,614,000
Due to related parties 2,999,000 3,004,000
Other liabilities 916,000 924,000
--------------- ---------------

52,198,000 52,542,000
--------------- ---------------

PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIT)

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. (3,842,000) (2,573,000)
Other partners 2,177,000 2,135,000
--------------- ---------------

(1,665,000) (438,000)
--------------- ---------------

$ 50,533,000 $ 52,104,000
=============== ===============



35

WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, continued
- -------------------------------------------------------

COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

2003 2002 2001
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Revenues $ 7,350,000 $ 7,088,000 $ 6,968,000
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Expenses:
Operating expenses 4,967,000 4,811,000 4,513,000
Interest expense 1,733,000 1,760,000 1,894,000
Depreciation and amortization 1,889,000 1,868,000 1,898,000
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Total expenses 8,589,000 8,439,000 8,305,000
--------------- --------------- ---------------

Net loss $ (1,239,000) $ (1,351,000) $ (1,337,000)
=============== =============== ===============

Net loss allocable to the Partnership $ (1,225,000) $ (1,338,000) $ (1,323,000)
=============== =============== ===============

Net loss recorded by the Partnership $ (268,000) $ (410,000) $ (495,000)
=============== =============== ===============

Certain Local Limited Partnerships have incurred significant operating losses
and/or working capital deficiencies. In the event these Local Limited
Partnerships continue to incur significant operating losses, additional capital
contributions by the Partnership and/or the Local General Partner may be
required to sustain the operations of such Local Limited Partnerships. If
additional capital contributions are not made when they are required, the
Partnership's investment in certain of such Local Limited Partnerships could be
impaired, and the loss and recapture of the related tax credits could occur.

NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
- -----------------------------------

Under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership has paid or is
obligated to the General Partner or their affiliates for the following items:

Acquisition fees not to exceed 9% of the gross proceeds from the sale of
Units as compensation for services rendered in connection with the
acquisition of Local Limited Partnerships. At the end of all periods
presented, the Partnership incurred acquisition fees of $1,350,000.
Accumulated amortization of these capitalized costs was $1,138,000 and
$1,038,126 as of March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of the accumulated
amortization recorded on the balance sheet at March 31, 2004, $74,694,
$134,019 and $106,359 of the related expense was reflected as equity in
losses of limited partnerships during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003
and 2002, respectively, to reduce the respective net acquisition fee
component of investments in local limited partnerships to zero for those
Local Limited Partnerships which would otherwise be below a zero balance.


36

WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 3 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, continued
- ----------------------------------------------

Reimbursement of costs incurred by the General Partner or an affiliate in
connection with the acquisition of Local Limited Partnerships. These
reimbursements have not exceeded 1.6% of the gross proceeds. As of the end
of all periods presented, the Partnership incurred acquisition costs of
$67,423, which have been included in investments in limited partnerships.
Accumulated amortization was $67,423, as of March 31, 2004 and 2003.

The Partnership reimbursed the General Partner or its affiliates for
operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Partnership. Operating expense
reimbursements were approximately $38,400 during the year ended March 31,
2004.

An annual asset management fee equal to 0.5% of the invested assets of the
Local Limited Partnerships, including the Partnership's allocable share of
the mortgages. Management fees of $299,462, $299,028 and $299,028 were
incurred during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively
of which $30,000, $30,000 and $28,500 were paid during the years ended
March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

A subordinated disposition fee in an amount equal to 1% of the sales price
of real estate sold. Payment of this fee is subordinated to the limited
partners receiving a preferred return of 16% through December 31, 2002 and
6% thereafter (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) and is payable only
if the General Partner or its affiliates render services in the sales
effort. No such fee was incurred in the three year period ended March 31,
2004.

The accrued fees and expenses due to General Partner and affiliates consist of
the following at:


March 31
-----------------------------

2004 2003
------------ ------------

Advances from WNC $ 842 $ 2,202
Asset management fee payable 2,659,345 2,389,883
------------ ------------

$ 2,660,187 $ 2,392,085
============ ============

The Partnership does not anticipate that these accrued fees will be paid in full
until such time as capital reserves are in excess of the future foreseeable
working capital requirements of the Partnership.


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WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.
(A California Limited Partnership)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

For The Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002


NOTE 4 - QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
- ----------------------------------------------------

The following is a summary of the quarterly operations for the years ended March
31:


June 30 September 30 December 31 March 31
--------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
2004
----

Income $ 7,000 $ 14,000 $ 4,000 $ 18,000

Operating expenses (93,000) (99,000) (89,000) (630,000)

Equity in losses of limited
partnerships (46,000) (108,000) (58,000) (56,000)

Net loss (132,000) (193,000) (143,000) (668,000)

Net Loss available to limited
partners (131,000) (191,000) (142,000) (661,000)

Net Loss per limited partner unit (9) (13) (9) (44)

2003
----
Income (loss) $ 1,000 $ 8,000 $ 3,000 $ (6,000)

Operating expenses (91,000) (98,000) (86,000) (93,000)

Equity in losses of limited
partnerships (68,000) (75,000) (67,000) (200,000)

Net loss (158,000) (165,000) (150,000) (299,000)

Net Loss available to limited
partners (157,000) (163,000) (149,000) (295,000)

Net Loss per limited partner unit (10) (11) (10) (20)



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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure

NOT APPLICABLE

Item 9a. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Partnership's General
Partner, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Associates carried out an evaluation of
the effectiveness of the Fund's "disclosure controls and procedures" as defined
in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have
concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the
Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective in
timely alerting them to material information relating to the Partnership
required to be included in the Partnership's periodic SEC filings.

Changes in internal controls. There were no changes in the Partnership's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended
March 31, 2004 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Partnership's internal control over financial reporting.

UNIT III.

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

(a) Identification of Directors, (b) Identification of Executive Officers, (c)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification of Certain Significant Employees, (d) Family Relationships,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
and (e) Business Experience
---------------------------

The Partnership has no directors, executive officers or employees of its own.
The following biographical information is presented for the directors, executive
officers and significant employees of Associates, which has principal
responsibility for the Partnership's affairs.

Associates is a California corporation which was organized in 1971. Its officers
and significant employees are:


Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr. Chairman of the Board
Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer
David N. Shafer, Esq. Executive Vice President and Director of Asset Management
Sylvester P. Garban Senior Vice President - Institutional Investments
Thomas J. Riha, CPA Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
David C. Turek Senior Vice President - Originations
Michael J. Gaber Senior Vice President - Acquisitions
Diemmy T. Tran Vice President - Portfolio Management

In addition to Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr., the directors of Associates are Wilfred
N. Cooper, Jr., David N. Shafer, and Kay L. Cooper. The principal shareholder of
Associates is a trust established by Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr. and Kay L. Cooper.

Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr., age 73, is the founder and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Associates, a Director of WNC Capital Corporation, and a general
partner in some of the partnerships previously sponsored by Associates. Mr.
Cooper has been actively involved in the affordable housing industry since 1968.
Previously, during 1970 and 1971, he was founder and a principal of Creative
Equity Development Corporation, a predecessor of Associates, and of Creative
Equity Corporation, a real estate investment firm. For 12 years before that, Mr.
Cooper was employed by Rockwell International Corporation, last serving as its
manager of housing and urban developments where he had responsibility for
factory-built housing evaluation and project management in urban planning and
development. He has testified before committees of the U.S. Senate and the U.S.
House of Representatives. Mr. Cooper is a Life Director of the National
Association of Home Builders and a National Trustee for NAHB's Political Action
Committee, and the Chairman of NAHB's Multifamily Council. He is a Director of
the National Housing Conference and a member of NHC's Executive Committee, and a
founder and Director of the California Housing Consortium. He is the husband of
Kay Cooper and the father of Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr. Mr. Cooper graduated from
Pomona College in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr., age 41, is President, Chief Executive Officer,
Secretary, a Director and a member of the Acquisition Committee of Associates.
He is President of, and a registered principal with, WNC Capital Corporation,
and is a Director of WNC Management, Inc. He has been involved in real estate
investment and acquisition activities since 1988 when he joined Associates.
Previously, he served as a Government Affairs Assistant with Honda North America
in Washington, D.C. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of
Affordable Housing Finance and LIHC Monthly Report, a Steering Member of the
- ---------------------------- --------------------
Housing Credit Group of the National Association of Home Builders, an Alternate
Director of NAHB, a member of the Advisory Board of the New York State
Association for Affordable Housing and a member of the Urban Land Institute. He
is the son of Wilfred Cooper, Sr. and Kay Cooper. Mr. Cooper graduated from The
American University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

David N. Shafer, age 51, is Executive Vice President, a Director, Director of
Asset Management and a member of the Acquisition Committee of Associates, and a
Director and Secretary of WNC Management, Inc. Mr. Shafer has been active in the
real estate industry since 1984. Before joining Associates in 1990, he was
engaged as an attorney in the private practice of law with a specialty in real
estate and taxation. Mr. Shafer is a Director and President of the California
Council of Affordable Housing, and a member of the State Bar of California. Mr.
Shafer graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1978 with
a Bachelor of Arts degree, from the New England School of Law in 1983 with a
Juris Doctor degree cum laude and from the University of San Diego in 1986 with
a Master of Law degree in Taxation.

Sylvester P. Garban, age 58, is Senior Vice President - Institutional
Investments of Associates. Mr. Garban has been involved in real estate
investment activities since 1978. Before joining Associates in 1989, he served
as Executive Vice President with MRW, Inc., a real estate development and
management firm. Mr. Garban is a member of the National Association of
Affordable Housing Lenders and the Financial Planning Association. He graduated
from Michigan State University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration.

Thomas J. Riha, age 48, is Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and a
member of the Acquisition Committee of Associates and President, Treasurer and a
Director of WNC Management, Inc. He has been involved in real estate acquisition
and investment activities since 1979. Before joining Associates in 1994, Mr.
Riha was employed by Trust Realty Advisor, a real estate acquisition and
management company, last serving as Vice President - Operations. He is a
Director of the Task Force on Housing Credit Certification of the National
Association of Home Builders. Mr. Riha graduated from the California State
University, Fullerton in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in
Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and is a Certified
Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.


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David C. Turek, age 49, is Senior Vice President - Originations of Associates.
His experience with real estate investments and finance has continued since
1976, and he has been employed by Associates since 1996. Previously, from 1995
to 1996, Mr. Turek served as a consultant for a national tax credit sponsor
where he was responsible for on-site feasibility studies and due diligence
analyses of tax credit properties. From 1992 to 1995 he served as Executive Vice
President for Levcor, Inc., a multi-family development company, and from 1990 to
1992 he served as Vice President for the Paragon Group where he was responsible
for tax credit development activities. He is a Director of the National Housing
and Rehabilitation Association, the Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas,
and the Alabama Council of Affordable Rental Housing. Mr. Turek graduated from
Southern Methodist University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree.

Michael J. Gaber, age 38, is Senior Vice President - Acquisitions and a member
of the Acquisition Committee of Associates. Mr. Gaber has been involved in real
estate acquisition, valuation and investment activities since 1989 and has been
associated with Associates since 1997. Prior to joining Associates, he was
involved in the valuation and classification of major assets, restructuring of
debt and analysis of real estate taxes with H.F. Ahmanson & Company, parent of
Home Savings of America. Mr. Gaber graduated from the California State
University, Fullerton in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration - Finance.

Diemmy T. Tran, age 38, is Vice President - Portfolio Management of Associates.
She is responsible for overseeing portfolio management and investor reporting
for all WNC funds, and for monitoring investment returns for all WNC
institutional funds. Ms. Tran has been involved in real estate asset management
and finance activities for 12 years. Prior to joining Associates in 1998, Ms.
Tran served as senior asset manager for a national Tax Credit sponsor and as an
asset specialist for the Resolution Trust Corporation where she was responsible
for the disposition and management of commercial loan and REO portfolios. Ms.
Tran is licensed as a California real estate broker. She graduated from
California State University, Northridge in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in finance and a minor in real estate.

Kay L. Cooper, age 67, is a Director of Associates. Mrs. Cooper was the sole
proprietor of Agate 108, a manufacturer and retailer of home accessory products,
from 1975 until its sale in 1998. She is the wife of Wilfred Cooper, Sr. and the
mother of Wilfred Cooper, Jr. Ms. Cooper graduated from the University of
Southern California in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree.

(f) Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
----------------------------------------

Inapplicable

(g) Promoters and Control Persons
-----------------------------

Inapplicable

(h) Audit Committee Financial Expert, and (i) Identification of the Audit
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Committee
---------

Neither the Partnership nor Associates has an audit committee

(j) Changes to Nominating Procedures
--------------------------------

Inapplicable

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(k) Code of Ethics
--------------

WNC & Associates has adopted a Code of Ethics which applies to the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WNC & Associates. The Code
of Ethics will be provided without charge to any person who requests it.
Such requests should be directed to: Investor Relations at (714)662-5565
extension 118.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The Partnership has no officers, employees, or directors. However, under the
terms of the Partnership Agreement the Partnership is obligated to the General
Partner or its affiliates for the following fees:

(a) Annual Asset Management Fee. An annual asset management fee accrues in an
amount equal to 0.5% of the Invested Assets of the Partnership, as defined.
"Invested Assets" is defined as the sum of the Partnership's Investment in
Local Limited Partnership Interests and the Partnership's allocable share
of the amount of the mortgage loans on and other debts related to the
Housing Complexes owned by such Local Limited Partnerships. Fees of
$299,462, $299,028 and $299,028 were incurred during the years ended March
31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The Partnership paid the General
Partner or its affiliates, $30,000, $30,000 and $28,500, of those fees
during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

(b) Subordinated Disposition Fee. A subordinated disposition fee in an amount
equal to 1% of the sale price may be received in connection with the sale
or disposition of an Housing Complex. Subordinated disposition fees will be
subordinated to the prior return of the Limited Partners' capital
contributions and payment of the Preferred Return on investment to the
Limited Partners. "Preferred Return" means an annual, cumulative but not
compounded, "return" to the Limited Partners (including Low Income Housing
Credits) as a class on their adjusted capital contributions commencing for
each Limited Partner on the last day of the calendar quarter during which
the Limited Partner's capital contribution is received by the Partnership,
calculated at the following rates: (i) 16% through December 31, 2002, and
(ii) 6% for the balance of the Partnerships term. No disposition fees have
been paid.

(c) Operating Expenses. The Partnership reimbursed the General Partner or its
affiliates for operating expenses of approximately $38,000, $30,000 and
$24,000 during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

(d) Interest in Partnership. The General Partner receives 1% of the
Partnership's allocated Low Income Housing Credits, which approximated
$24,000 for the General Partner for each of the tax years ended December
31, 2003, 2002 and 2001. The General Partner is also entitled to receive a
percentage of cash distributions. There were no distributions of cash to
the General Partner during the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters

(a) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
------------------------------------------------------------------

The Partnership has no compensation plans under which interests in the
Partnership are authorized for issuance.

(b) Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
-----------------------------------------------

No person is known to own beneficially in excess of 5% of the outstanding
Units.

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(c) Security Ownership of Management
--------------------------------

Neither the General Partner, its affiliates, nor any of the officers or
directors of the General Partner or its affiliates own directly or
beneficially any Units in the Partnership.

(d) Changes in Control
------------------

The management and control of the General Partner and of Associates and
their affiliates may be changed at any time in accordance with their
respective organizational documents, without the consent or approval of the
Limited Partners. In addition, the Partnership Agreement provides for the
admission of one or more additional and successor General Partners in
certain circumstances.

First, with the consent of any other General Partners and a
majority-in-interest of the Limited Partners, any General Partner may
designate one or more persons to be successor or additional General
Partners. In addition, any General Partner may, without the consent of any
other General Partner or the Limited Partners, (i) substitute in its stead
as General Partner any entity which has, by merger, consolidation or
otherwise, acquired substantially all of its assets, stock or other
evidence of equity interest and continued its business, or (ii) cause to be
admitted to the Partnership an additional General Partner or Partners if it
deems such admission to be necessary or desirable so that the Partnership
will be classified a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. Finally,
a majority-in-interest of the Limited Partners may at anytime remove the
General Partner of the Partnership and elect a successor General Partner.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The General Partner manages all of the Partnership's affairs. The transactions
with the General Partner are primarily in the form of fees paid by the
Partnership for services rendered to the Partnership, reimbursement of expenses,
and the General Partner's interest in the Partnership, as discussed in Item 11
and in the notes to the Partnership's financial statements.

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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following is a summary of fees paid to the Fund's independent auditors for
the years ended March 31:
2004 2003
--------------- ---------------

Audit Fees $ 17,601 $ 19,570
Audit-related Fees - -
Tax Fees 1,625 1,500
All Other Fees - -
--------------- ---------------
TOTAL $ 19,226 $ 21,070
=============== ===============



The Partnership has no Audit Committee. All audit services and any permitted
non-audit services performed by the Fund's independent auditors are preapproved
by the General Partner.


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PART IV.

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

Financial Statements
- --------------------

(a)(1) Financial statements included in Part II hereof:
------------------------------------------------

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Reznick
Group
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - BDO
Seidman, LLP
Balance Sheets, March 31, 2004 and 2003
Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002
Statements of Partners' Equity (Deficit) for the years ended March 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002 Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
Notes to Financial Statements

(a)(2) Financial statement schedules included in Part IV hereof:
---------------------------------------------------------

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial
Statement Schedules - Reznick Group, PC
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial
Statement Schedules - BDO Seidman, LLP
Schedule III - Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships

(b) Reports on Form 8-K
--------------------
None

(c) Exhibits
---------

3.1 Articles of incorporation and by-laws: The registrant is not
incorporated. The Partnership Agreement dated May 10, 1991 filed as
Exhibit 28.1 to Form 10 K for the year ended December 31, 1994.

31.1 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14 and 15d-14, as adopted pursuant to section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)

31.2 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14 and 15d-14, as adopted pursuant to section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (filed herewith)

32.1 Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer. (filed
herewith)

32.2 Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer. (filed
herewith)

99.1 Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Certificate of Limited
Partnership of Tanglewood Limited Partnership (7) filed as exhibit
10.11 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.1.

99.2 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Windemere
Associates Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.12 to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.2.


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99.3 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Woodland
Apartments, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.13 to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference
as exhibit 99.3.

99.4 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Meadow Run
Associates Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.14 to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.4.

99.5 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Candleridge
Apartments of Bondurant L.P. filed as exhibit 10.15 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.5.

99.6 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Candleridge
Apartments of Waukee L.P. filed as exhibit 10.16 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.6.

99.7 Amended and Restated Agreement and Certification of Limited
Partnership of Fairview Village V, Limited Partnership filed as
exhibit 10.17 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993
is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.7.

99.8 Woodview Limited Partnership Amended and Restated Limited Partnership
Agreement filed as exhibit 10.18 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9
dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.8.

99.9 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Coffeeville
Housing, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.19 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9
dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.9.

99.10 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crockett
Manor Senior Citizens Complex, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.20 to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.10.

99.11 Amended and Restated Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
of Delta Manor, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.21 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.11.

99.12 Amended and Restated Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
of Eupora Apartments, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.22 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.12.

99.13 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Levelland
Manor, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.23 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9
dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.13.

99.14 Third Amendment to the Partnership Agreement of Parks I Limited
Partnership filed as exhibit 10.24 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9
dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.14.

99.15 Second Amendment Village Lane Properties Certificate and Agreement of
Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.25 to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 9 dated March 31, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by reference
as exhibit 99.15.

99.16 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gulf Coast
Apartments, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K/A Current Report
Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.16.

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99.17 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gulf Coast
Apartments of Long Beach, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K/A
Current Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.17.

99.18 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Benson filed as exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K/A Current
Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated
herein by reference as exhibit 99.18.

99.19 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Dallas filed as exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K/A Current
Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated
herein by reference as exhibit 99.19.

99.20 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Dunn filed as exhibit 10.5 to Form 8-K/A Current Report
Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.20.

99.21 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Kings Mountain filed as exhibit 10.6 to Form 8-K/A
Current Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.21.

990.22 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Lee filed as exhibit 10.7 to Form 8-K/A Current Report
Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.22.

99.23 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Sanford filed as exhibit 10.8 to Form 8-K/A Current
Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated
herein by reference as exhibit 99.23.

99.24 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HOI Limited
Partnership of Selma filed as exhibit 10.9 to Form 8-K/A Current
Report Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated
herein by reference as exhibit 99.24.

99.25 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Logan Park
Associates Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.10 to Form 8-K/A
Current Report Amendment 99.25.

99.26 Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oakdale Senior Housing Limited
Partnership filed as exhibit 10.11 to Form 8-K/A Current Report
Amendment No. 1 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.26.

99.27 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Clinton
Terrace Apartments, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.12 to Form 8-K/A Current
Report Amendment No. 2 dated June 23, 1993 is hereby incorporated
herein by reference as exhibit 99.27.

99.28 Amended and Restated Agreement and Certification of Limited
Partnership of Wilcam Housing, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.38 to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 dated October 22, 1993 is hereby
incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.28.

99.29 Amended and Restated Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
of Cherokee Housing, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.39 to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 13 dated October 22, 1993 is hereby incorporated herein
by reference as exhibit 99.29.

99.30 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Beaumont
Elderly Housing, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated January
4, 1994 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.30.

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99.31 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Lake Ridge
Apartments, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K dated January 4,
1994 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.31.

99.32 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Orange Beach
Housing, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10. 3 to Form 8-K dated January 4, 1994
is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.32.

99.33 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Cambridge
Court Associates Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.3 to Form
10-K dated December 31, 1992 is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as exhibit 99.33.

99.34 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Chester
Associates I, A Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.4 to form 10-K
dated December 31, 1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.34.

99.35 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Red Bud
Associates I, A Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.5 to form 10-K
dated December 31, 1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.35.

99.36 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Post Manor,
L.P. filed as exhibit 10.6 to form 10-K dated December 31, 1992 is
hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.36.

99.37 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Steeleville
Associates I, a limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.7 to form 10-K
dated December 31, 1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as
exhibit 99.37.

99.38 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Wills Point
Manor, L.P. filed as exhibit 10.8 to form 10-K dated December 31, 1992
is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.38.

99.39 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Killbuck
Limited Partnership filed as exhibit 10.9 to form 10-K dated December
31, 1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.39.

99.40 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Coosa Co.
Housing, Ltd. filed as exhibit 10.10 to form 10-K dated December 31,
1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.40.

99.41 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Ft. Deposit
Housing, Ltd. Filed as exhibit 10.11 to form 10-K dated December 31,
1992 is hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 99.41.

99.42 Financial Statements of Whitted Forest Limited Partnership, as of and
for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 together with
Independent Auditors Report thereon; a significant subsidiary of the
Partnership.

(d) Financial statement schedules follow, as set forth in subsection
----------------------------------------
(a)(2) hereof.


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES


To the Partners
WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.


The audit referred to in our report dated October 21, 2004 relating to the 2004
financial statements of WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. (a California
Limited Partnership) (the "Partnership"), which are contained in Item 8 of this
Form 10-K, included the audit of the accompanying financial statement schedule
"Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships March 31, 2004." This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based upon our audit.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the reports of the other auditors, such
financial statement schedule referred to above presents fairly, in all material
respects, the information set forth therein.



/s/ Reznick Group, PC

Bethesda, Maryland
October 21, 2004


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
on Financial Statement Schedules



To the Partners
WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.


The audits referred to in our report dated June 24, 2003, relating to the 2003
and 2002 financial statements of WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P. (the
"Partnership"), which are contained in Item 8 of this Form 10-K, included the
audit of the accompanying financial statement schedules. The financial statement
schedules are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statement schedules
based upon our audits.

In our opinion, such financial statement schedules present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial information set forth therein.




/s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP

Costa Mesa, California
June 24, 2003


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WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships


March 31, 2004
----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont
Elderly Beaumont,
Housing, L.P. Mississippi $ 229,000 $ 229,000 $ 919,000 $ 1,310,00 $ 286,000 $ 1,024,000

Brownfield Seniors Brownfield,
Community, Ltd. Texas 147,000 147,000 705,000 845,000 205,000 640,000

Buffalo Apartments, Buffalo,
Ltd. Texas 91,000 91,000 402,000 606,000 158,000 448,000

Cambridge Court Grottoes,
Associates Virginia
Limited Partnership 254,000 254,000 1,302,000 1,652,000 482,000 1,170,000

Candleridge Bondurant,
Apartments of Iowa
Bondurant L.P. 99,000 99,000 586,000 821,000 317,000 504,000

Candleridge Waukee,
Apartments of Iowa
Waukee L.P. 101,000 101,000 640,000 866,000 296,000 570,000

Carlinville Carlinville,
Associates I, L.P. Illinois 105,000 105,000 494,000 561,000 200,000 361,000

Cherokee Housing, Cedar Bluff,
Ltd. Alabama 110,000 110,000 613,000 754,000 229,000 525,000

Chester Limited Chester,
I, a Limited Illinois
Partnership 159,000 159,000 683,000 1,015,000 395,000 620,000

Clinton Terrace Albany,
Apartments, Ltd. Kentucky 138,000 138,000 756,000 930,000 296,000 634,000

Coffeeville Coffeeville,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 535,000 663,000 217,000 446,000

Coosa County Rockford,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 550,000 692,000 220,000 472,000



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WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2004


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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Crockett Manor, Crockett,
Ltd. Texas 184,000 184,000 872,000 1,191,000 304,000 887,000

Crockett Manor Crockett,
Senior Citizens Texas
Complex, Ltd. 203,000 203,000 1,008,000 1,354,000 293,000 1,061,000

Delta Manor, L.P. Techula,
Mississippi 227,000 227,000 1,221,000 1,555,000 640,000 915,000

Eupora Apartments, Eupora,
L.P. Mississippi 138,000 138,000 1,190,000 1,422,000 405,000 1,017,000

Fairview Carroll,
Village V, Iowa
Limited
Partnership 119,000 119,000 581,000 800,000 253,000 547,000

Fox Lake Manor Fox Lake,
Limited Partnership Wisconsin 84,000 84,000 367,000 395,000 155,000 240,000

Ft. Deposit Fort Deposit,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 127,000 127,000 695,000 867,000 279,000 588,000

Gulf Coast Gulfport,
Apartments, L.P. Mississippi 320,000 320,000 1,398,000 1,911,000 719,000 1,192,00

Gulf Coast Long Beach,
Apartments of Long Mississippi
Beach, L.P. 315,000 315,000 1,413,000 1,921,000 718,000 1,203,000

Heritage Colonial Blackshear,
Homes, L.P. Georgia 115,000 115,000 519,000 752,000 204,000 548,000

HOI Limited Benson,
Partnership North
of Benson Carolina 269,000 269,000 1,140,000 1,700,000 511,000 1,189,00

HOI Limited Dallas,
Partnership North
of Dallas Carolina 366,000 366,000 1,670,000 2,292,000 734,000 1,558,000





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WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2004


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As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnership Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

HOI Limited Dunn,
Partnership North
of Dunn Carolina 170,000 170,000 802,000 1,101,000 364,000 737,000

HOI Limited Kings Mountain,
Partnership of North
Kings Mt. Carolina 262,000 262,000 1,204,000 1,644,000 520,000 1,124,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Lee Carolina 419,000 419,000 1,935,000 2,646,000 783,000 1,863,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Sanford Carolina 277,000 277,000 1,191,000 1,754,000 523,000 1,231,000

HOI Limited Selma,
Partnership North
of Selma Carolina 271,000 271,000 1,144,000 1,770,000 568,000 1,202,000

Killbuck Killbuck,
Limited Ohio
Partnership 151,000 151,000 740,000 937,000 381,000 556,000

Lake Ridge Tiptonville,
Apartments, L.P. Tennessee 317,000 317,000 1,444,000 1,848,000 660,000 1,188,000

Levelland Levelland,
Manor, L.P. Texas 175,000 175,000 894,000 1,126,000 298,000 828,000

Logan Park
Associates Caldwell,
Limited Idaho
Partnership 571,000 571,000 2,251,000 3,034,000 986,000 2,048,000

Meadow Run
Associates Gordonsville,
Limited Virginia
Partnership 302,000 302,000 1,477,000 1,856,000 476,000 1,380,000

Oakdale Senior Oakdale,
Housing Limited California
Partnership 919,000 919,000 2,871,000 4,669,000 1,490,000 3,179,000



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WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2004
----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Orange Beach Orange Beach,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 208,000 208,000 1,075,000 1,364,000 360,000 1,004,000

Parks I Limited Chatham,
Partnership Virginia 253,000 253,000 1,226,000 1,595,000 478,000 1,117,000

Post Manor, L.P. Post, Texas 122,000 122,000 625,000 738,000 191,000 547,000

Red Bud Associates I, Red Bud,
a Limited Illinois
Partnership 135,000 135,000 592,000 948,000 346,000 602,000

Steeleville Steeleville,
Associates I, a Illinois
Limited Partnership 110,000 110,000 544,000 735,000 279,000 456,000

Tanglewood Limited Frankfurt,
Partnership Ohio 212,000 212,000 1,054,000 1,327,000 544,000 783,000

Village Lane Farmington,
Properties, a Arkansas
Limited Partnership 168,000 168,000 876,000 984,000 386,000 598,000

Whitted Forest Hillsborough,
Limited North
Partnership Carolina 685,000 685,000 951,000 2,034,000 440,000 1,594,000

Wilcam Housing, Camden,
Ltd. Alabama 106,000 106,000 614,000 762,000 226,000 536,000

Wills Point Wills Point,
Manor, L.P. Texas 124,000 124,000 622,000 767,000 203,000 564,000


Windmere
Associates
Limited Lexington,
Partnership Virginia 291,000 291,000 1,471,000 1,839,000 451,000 1,388,000

Woodlands Mount
Apartments, Pleasant,
L.P. Texas 239,000 239,000 1,239,000 1,530,000 404,000 1,126,000

54


WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2004


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2004 As of December 31, 2003
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Woodview Chillicothe,
Limited Illinois and
Partnership Glassford,
Illinois 269,000 269,000 1,182,000 1,629,000 518,000 1,111,000
-------- ------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- -- ---------

$ 10,862,000 $ 10,862,000 $ 48,283,000 $ 65,512,000 $ 20,391,000 $ 45,121,000
============= ============= ============ ============ =========== =============



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WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the year ended December 31, 2003
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Name Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont Elderly Housing, L.P. $125,000 $ (30,000) 1995 Completed 45

Brownfield Seniors Community,
Ltd. 128,000 (19,000) 1994 Completed 40

Buffalo Apartments, Ltd. 112,000 (4,000) 1995 Completed 35

Cambridge Court Associates 144,000 (29,000) 1992 Completed 35
Limited Partnership

Candleridge Apartments of 125,000 (9,000) 1992 Completed 27.5
Bondurant L.P.

Candleridge Apartments of
Waukee L.P. 134,000 (4,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Carlinville Associates I, L.P. 64,000 (13,000) 1994 Completed 30

Cherokee Housing, Ltd. 75,000 (14,000) 1993 Completed 40

Chester Associates I,
a Limited Partnership 83,000 (20,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Clinton Terrace Apartments,
Ltd. 88,000 (3,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coffeeville Housing, Ltd. 63,000 (11,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coosa County Housing, Ltd. 71,000 (4,000) 1992 Completed 40

Crockett Manor, Ltd. 170,000 3,000 1994 Completed 40

Crockett Manor Senior Citizens
Complex, Ltd. 143,000 (6,000) 1993 Completed 50

Delta Manor, L.P. 155,000 (50,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Eupora Apartment, L.P. 130,000 (27,000) 1992 Completed 40

Fairview Village V, Limited
Partnership 65,000 3,000 1992 Completed 40

Fox Lake Manor Limited
Partnership 28,000 (13,000) 1994 Completed 27.5

Ft. Deposit Housing, Ltd. 81,000 (19,000) 1992 Completed 40

Gulf Coast Apartments, L.P. 224,000 (27,000) 1993 Completed 30


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the year ended December 31, 2003
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Name Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gulf Coast Apartments of
Long Beach, L.P. 229,000 (22,000) 1993 Completed 30

Heritage Colonial Homes, L.P. 67,000 (33,000) 1994 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership
of Benson 218,000 (28,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership
of Dallas 254,000 (41,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership Dunn 139,000 (22,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of
Kings Mt. 171,000 (31,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Lee 322,000 (97,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership
of Sanford 284,000 1,000 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership
of Selma 254,000 (18,000) 1993 Completed 40

Killbuck Limited Partnership 83,000 (22,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Lake Ridge Apartments, L.P. 164,000 (33,000) 1994 Completed 50

Levelland Manor, L.P. 132,000 (18,000) 1993 Completed 40

Logan Park Associates Limited
Partnership 415,000 (35,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Meadow Run Associates Limited
Partnership 178,000 (42,000) 1992 Completed 35

Oakdale Senior Housing Limited
Partnership 384,000 (180,000) 1993 Completed 30

Orange Beach Housing, Ltd. 121,000 (17,000) 1994 Completed 40

Parks I Limited Partnership 216,000 (23,000) 1993 Completed 40

Post Manor, L.P. 72,000 (40,000) 1992 Completed 40

Red Bud Associates I, a
Limited Partnership 74,000 (17,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Steeleville Associates I,
a Limited Partnership 58,000 (15,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Tanglewood Limited Partnership 115,000 (36,000) 1992 Completed 27.5


57



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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2004
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For the year ended December 31, 2003
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Name Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Village Lane Properties,
a LimitedPartnership 173,000 (34,000) 1993 Completed 25

Whitted Forest Limited
Partnership 188,000 (17,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wilcam Housing, Ltd. 74,000 (18,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wills Point Manor, L.P. 88,000 (7,000) 1992 Completed 40

Windmere Associates Limited
Partnership 176,000 (33,000) 1992 Completed 35

Woodlands Apartments, L.P. 177,000 (42,000) 1992 Completed 40

Woodview Limited Partnership 186,000 (23,000) 1992 Completed 40
---------- ------------
$7,220,000 $(1,239,000)
========== ============

58



WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2003
----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2003 As of December 31, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont
Elderly Beaumont,
Housing, L.P. Mississippi $ 229,000 $ 229,000 $ 922,000 $ 1,310,00 $ 252,000 $ 1,058,000

Brownfield Seniors Brownfield,
Community, Ltd. Texas 147,000 147,000 707,000 841,000 176,000 665,000

Buffalo Apartments, Buffalo,
Ltd. Texas 91,000 91,000 406,000 600,000 136,000 464,000

Cambridge Court Grottoes,
Associates Virginia
Limited Partnership 254,000 254,000 1,311,000 1,652,000 440,000 1,212,000

Candleridge Bondurant,
Apartments of Iowa
Bondurant L.P. 99,000 99,000 590,000 806,000 280,000 526,000

Candleridge Waukee,
Apartments of Iowa
Waukee L.P. 101,000 101,000 644,000 828,000 263,000 565,000

Carlinville Carlinville,
Associates I, L.P. Illinois 105,000 105,000 496,000 545,000 143,000 402,000

Cherokee Housing, Cedar Bluff,
Ltd. Alabama 110,000 110,000 616,000 743,000 207,000 536,000

Chester
Associates Chester,
I, a Limited Illinois
Partnership 159,000 159,000 686,000 1,011,000 395,000 652,000

Clinton Terrace Albany,
Apartments, Ltd. Kentucky 138,000 138,000 760,000 931,000 274,000 657,000

Coffeeville Coffeeville,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 538,000 663,000 198,000 465,000

Coosa County Rockford,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 554,000 690,000 202,000 488,000


59



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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2003
----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2003 As of December 31, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Crockett Manor, Crockett,
Ltd. Texas 184,000 184,000 880,000 1,184,000 274,000 910,000

Crockett Manor Crockett,
Senior Citizens Texas
Complex, Ltd. 203,000 203,000 1,012,000 1,350,000 262,000 1,088,000

Delta Manor, L.P. Techula,
Mississippi 227,000 227,000 1,225,000 1,553,000 584,000 969,000

Eupora Apartments, Eupora,
L.P. Mississippi 138,000 138,000 1,194,000 1,421,000 370,000 1,051,000

Fairview Carroll,
Village V, Iowa
Limited
Partnership 119,000 119,000 584,000 785,000 232,000 553,000

Fox Lake Manor Fox Lake,
Limited Partnership Wisconsin 84,000 84,000 369,000 394,000 167,000 227,000

Ft. Deposit Fort Deposit,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 127,000 127,000 698,000 865,000 256,000 609,000

Gulf Coast Gulfport,
Apartments, L.P. Mississippi 320,000 320,000 1,409,000 1,889,000 670,000 1,219,000

Gulf Coast Long Beach,
Apartments of Long Mississippi
Beach, L.P. 315,000 315,000 1,425,000 1,911,000 668,000 1,243,000

Heritage Colonial Blackshear,
Homes, L.P. Georgia 115,000 115,000 521,000 752,000 186,000 566,000

HOI Limited Benson,
Partnership North
of Benson Carolina 269,000 269,000 1,162,000 1,700,000 464,000 1,236,000

HOI Limited Dallas,
Partnership North
of Dallas Carolina 366,000 366,000 1,681,000 2,293,000 667,000 1,626,000

60



WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2003
----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2003 As of December 31, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

HOI Limited Dunn,
Partnership North
of Dunn Carolina 170,000 170,000 809,000 1,101,000 328,000 773,000

HOI Limited Kings Mountain,
Partnership of North
Kings Mt. Carolina 262,000 262,000 1,213,000 1,648,000 476,000 1,172,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Lee Carolina 419,000 419,00 1,935,000 2,646,000 710,000 1,936,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Sanford Carolina 277,000 277,000 1,213,000 1,751,000 474,000 1,277,000

HOI Limited Selma,
Partnership North
of Selma Carolina 271,000 271,000 1,169,000 1,765,000 514,000 1,251,000

Killbuck Killbuck,
Limited Ohio
Partnership 151,000 151,000 743,000 936,000 349,000 587,000

Lake Ridge Tiptonville,
Apartments, L.P. Tennessee 317,000 317,000 1,450,000 1,835,000 603,000 1,232,000

Levelland Levelland,
Manor, L.P. Texas 175,000 175,000 898,000 1,125,000 269,000 856,000

Logan Park
Associates Caldwell,
Limited Idaho
Partnership 571,000 571,000 2,259,000 3,022,000 918,000 2,104,000

Meadow Run
Associates Gordonsville,
Limited Virginia
Partnership 302,000 302,000 1,483,000 1,856,000 425,000 1,431,000

Oakdale Senior Oakdale,
Housing Limited California
Partnership 919,000 919,000 2,900,000 4,669,000 1,347,000 3,322,000


61

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2003


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2003 As of December 31, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Orange Beach Orange Beach,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 208,000 208,000 1,080,000 1,362,000 324,000 1,038,000

Parks I Limited Chatham,
Partnership Virginia 253,000 253,000 1,232,000 1,586,000 438,000 1,148,000

Post Manor, L.P. Post, Texas 122,000 122,000 627,000 734,000 174,000 561,000

Red Bud
Associates I, Red Bud,
a Limited Illinois
Partnership 135,000 135,000 594,000 939,000 311,000 628,000

Steeleville
Associates I, Steeleville,
a Limited Illinois
Partnership 110,000 110,000 546,000 735,000 253,000 481,000

Tanglewood Limited Frankfurt,
Partnership Ohio 212,000 212,000 1,058,000 1,326,000 498,000 828,000

Village Lane Farmington,
Properties, a Arkansas
Limited Partnership 168,000 168,000 879,000 984,000 352,000 632,000

Whitted Forest Hillsborough,
Limited North
Partnership Carolina 685,000 685,000 973,000 2,028,000 392,000 1,636,000

Wilcam Housing, Camden,
Ltd. Alabama 106,000 106,000 616,000 762,000 205,000 557,000

Wills Point Wills Point,
Manor, L.P. Texas 124,000 124,000 624,000 766,000 184,000 582,000


Windmere
Associates
Limited Lexington,
Partnership Virginia 291,000 291,000 1,476,000 1,839,000 403,000 1,436,000

62

WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2003


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2003 As of December 31, 2002
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Woodlands Mount Pleasant,
Apartments, Texas
L.P. 239,000 239,000 1,243,000 1,530,000 367,000 1,163,000

Woodview Chillicothe,
Limited Illinois and
Partnership Glassford,
Illinois 269,000 269,000 1,187,000 1,616,000 459,000 1,157,000
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------

$ 10,862,000 $ 10,862,000 $ 48,614,000 $ 65,278,000 $ 18,503,000 $ 46,775,000
============= ============= ============ ============ ============ =============


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2003
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the year ended December 31, 2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont Elderly Housing, L.P. $ 104,000 $ (21,000) 1995 Completed 45

Brownfield Seniors Community, Ltd.
117,000 (26,000) 1994 Completed 40

Buffalo Apartments, Ltd. 93,000 (3,000) 1995 Completed 35

Cambridge Court Associates Limited
Partnership 138,000 (44,000) 1992 Completed 35

Candleridge Apartments of Bondurant
L.P. 127,000 (14,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Candleridge Apartments of Waukee L.P.
137,000 (8,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Carlinville Associates I, L.P. 65,000 - 1994 Completed 30

Cherokee Housing, Ltd. 75,000 (14,000) 1993 Completed 40

Chester Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 89,000 (6,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Clinton Terrace Apartments, Ltd. 83,000 (8,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coffeeville Housing, Ltd. 41,000 (25,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coosa County Housing, Ltd. 67,000 (7,000) 1992 Completed 40

Crockett Manor, Ltd. 156,000 (14,000) 1994 Completed 40

Crockett Manor Senior Citizens
Complex, Ltd. 142,000 1,000 1993 Completed 50

Delta Manor, L.P. 154,000 (45,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Eupora Apartments, L.P. 131,000 (15,000) 1992 Completed 40

Fairview Village V, Limited
Partnership 71,000 (14,000) 1992 Completed 40

Fox Lake Manor Limited Partnership
27,000 (12,000) 1994 Completed 27.5

Ft. Deposit Housing, Ltd. 83,000 (12,000) 1992 Completed 40

Gulf Coast Apartments, L.P. 226,000 (17,000) 1993 Completed 30


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2003
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the year ended December 31, 2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gulf Coast Apartments of Long
Beach,L.P. 229,000 (19,000) 1993 Completed 30

Heritage Colonial Homes, L.P. 69,000 (19,000) 1994 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Benson 208,000 (24,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Dallas 234,000 (66,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Dunn 124,000 (51,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Kings Mt.
162,000 (23,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Lee 318,000 (63,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Sanford 240,000 (27,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Selma 248,000 (10,000) 1993 Completed 40

Killbuck Limited Partnership 82,000 (22,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Lake Ridge Apartments, L.P. 149,000 (54,000) 1994 Completed 50

Levelland Manor, L.P. 127,000 (25,000) 1993 Completed 40

Logan Park Associates Limited
Partnership 421,000 (26,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Meadow Run Associates Limited
Partnership 168,000 (60,000) 1992 Completed 35

Oakdale Senior Housing Limited
Partnership 353,000 (237,000) 1993 Completed 30

Orange Beach Housing, Ltd. 116,000 (25,000) 1994 Completed 40

Parks I Limited Partnership 210,000 (24,000) 1993 Completed 40

Post Manor, L.P. 75,000 (23,000) 1992 Completed 40

Red Bud Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 67,000 (16,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Steeleville Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 56,000 (15,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Tanglewood Limited Partnership 115,000 (22,000) 1992 Completed 27.5


65





WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2003
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the year ended December 31, 2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Village Lane Properties, a Limited
Partnership 173,000 (21,000) 1993 Completed 25

Whitted Forest Limited Partnership 181,000 (29,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wilcam Housing, Ltd. 74,000 (13,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wills Point Manor, L.P. 85,000 (24,000) 1992 Completed 40

Windmere Associates Limited
Partnership 173,000 (38,000) 1992 Completed 35

Woodlands Apartments, L.P. 162,000 (44,000) 1992 Completed 40

Woodview Limited Partnership 161,000 (27,000) 1992 Completed 40
------------ --------------
$ 6,906,000 $ (1,351,000)
============ ==============


66


WNC Housing Tax Credit Fund III, L.P.
Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2002


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2002 As of December 31, 2001
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont
Elderly Beaumont,
Housing, L.P. Mississippi $ 229,000 $ 229,000 $ 925,000 $ 1,291,00 $ 219,000 $ 1,072,000

Brownfield Seniors Brownfield,
Community, Ltd. Texas 147,000 147,000 685,000 840,000 155,000 685,000

Buffalo Apartments, Buffalo,
Ltd. Texas 91,000 91,000 408,000 589,000 116,000 473,000

Cambridge Court Grottoes,
Associates Virginia
Limited Partnership 254,000 254,000 1,317,000 1,653,000 394,000 1,259,000

Candleridge Bondurant,
Apartments of Iowa
Bondurant L.P. 99,000 99,000 594,000 787,000 244,000 543,000

Candleridge Waukee,
Apartments of Iowa
Waukee L.P. 101,000 101,000 648,000 821,000 231,000 590,000

Carlinville Carlinville,
Associates I, L.P. Illinois 105,000 105,000 499,000 537,000 129,000 408,000

Cherokee Housing, Cedar Bluff,
Ltd. Alabama 110,000 110,000 618,000 738,000 187,000 551,000

Chester Associates Chester,
I, a Limited Illinois
Partnership 159,000 159,000 688,000 1,005,000 323,000 682,000

Clinton Terrace Albany,
Apartments, Ltd. Kentucky 138,000 138,000 764,000 930,000 251,000 679,000

Coffeeville Coffeeville,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 541,000 663,000 180,000 483,000

Coosa County Rockford,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 103,000 103,000 557,000 688,000 184,000 504,000


67


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2002


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2002 As of December 31, 2001
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Crockett Manor, Crockett,
Ltd. Texas 184,000 184,000 887,000 1,162,000 245,000 917,000

Crockett Manor Crockett,
Senior Citizens Texas
Complex, Ltd. 203,000 203,000 1,016,000 1,323,000 234,000 1,089,000

Delta Manor, L.P. Techula,
Mississippi 227,000 227,000 1,229,000 1,553,000 528,000 1,025,000

Eupora Apartments, Eupora,
L.P. Mississippi 138,000 138,000 1,198,000 1,422,000 336,000 1,086,000

Fairview Carroll,
Village V, Iowa
Limited
Partnership 119,000 119,000 588,000 783,000 208,000 575,000

Fox Lake Manor Fox Lake,
Limited Partnership Wisconsin 84,000 84,000 371,000 480,000 153,000 327,000

Ft. Deposit Fort Deposit,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 127,000 127,000 700,000 865,000 233,000 632,000

Gulf Coast Gulfport,
Apartments, L.P. Mississippi 320,000 320,000 1,421,000 1,862,000 621,000 1,241,000

Gulf Coast Long Beach,
Apartments of Long Mississippi
Beach, L.P. 315,000 315,000 1,435,000 1,881,000 618,000 1,263,000

Heritage Colonial Blackshear,
Homes, L.P. Georgia 125,000 115,000 523,000 752,000 168,000 584,000

HOI Limited Benson,
Partnership North
of Benson Carolina 269,000 269,000 1,182,000 1,690,000 416,000 1,274,000



68


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2002


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2002 As of December 31, 2001
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

HOI Limited Dallas,
Partnership North
of Dallas Carolina 366,000 366,000 1,692,000 2,270,000 609,000 1,661,000

HOI Limited Dunn,
Partnership North
of Dunn Carolina 170,000 170,000 815,000 1,090,000 297,000 793,000

HOI Limited Kings Mountain,
Partnership of North
Kings Mt. Carolina 262,000 262,000 1,222,000 1,638,000 428,000 1,210,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Lee Carolina 419,000 419,00 1,968,000 2,642,000 642,000 2,000,000

HOI Limited Sanford,
Partnership North
of Sanford Carolina 277,000 277,000 1,233,000 1,740,000 426,000 1,314,000

HOI Limited Selma,
Partnership North
of Selma Carolina 271,000 271,000 1,192,000 1,756,000 462,000 1,294,000

Killbuck Killbuck,
Limited Ohio
Partnership 151,000 151,000 746,000 936,000 317,000 619,000

Lake Ridge Tiptonville,
Apartments, L.P. Tennessee 317,000 317,000 1,455,000 1,835,000 545,000 1,290,000

Levelland Levelland,
Manor, L.P. Texas 175,000 175,000 901,000 1,125,000 242,000 883,000

Logan Park
Associates Caldwell,
Limited Idaho
Partnership 571,000 571,000 2,267,000 3,022,000 851,000 2,171,000

Meadow Run
Associates
Limited Gordonsville,
Partnership Virginia 302,000 302,000 1,486,000 1,856,000 374,000 1,482,000


69


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2002


----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
As of March 31, 2002 As of December 31, 2001
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

Oakdale Senior Oakdale,
Housing Limited California
Partnership 919,000 919,000 2,951,000 4,669,000 1,204,000 3,465,000

Orange Beach Orange Beach,
Housing, Ltd. Alabama 208,000 208,000 1,085,000 1,359,000 285,000 1,074,000

Parks I Limited Chatham,
Partnership Virginia 253,000 253,000 1,237,000 1,586,000 399,000 1,187,000

Post Manor, L.P. Post, Texas 122,000 122,000 629,000 734,000 156,000 578,000

Red Bud
Associates I, Red Bud,
a Limited Illinois
Partnership 135,000 135,000 597,000 931,000 278,000 653,000

Steeleville Steeleville,
Associates I, a Illinois
Limited Partnership 110,000 110,000 536,000 732,000 228,000 504,000

Tanglewood Limited Frankfurt,
Partnership Ohio 212,000 212,000 1,061,000 1,326,000 452,000 874,000

Village Lane Farmington,
Properties, a Arkansas
Limited Partnership 168,000 168,000 883,000 984,000 319,000 665,000

Whitted Forest Hillsborough,
Limited North
Partnership Carolina 685,000 685,000 993,000 2,028,000 343,000 1,685,000

Wilcam Housing, Camden,
Ltd. Alabama 106,000 106,000 619,000 761,000 184,000 577,000

Wills Point Wills Point,
Manor, L.P. Texas 124,000 124,000 626,000 766,000 166,000 600,000




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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited
Partnerships
March 31, 2002


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As of March 31, 2002 As of December 31, 2001
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Partnership's
Total Original Mortgage
Investment in Amount of Balances of Property
Local Limited Investment Local Limited and Accumulated Net Book
Partnership Name Location Partnerships Paid to Date Partnerships Equipment Depreciation Value
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Windmere Lexington,
Associates Virginia
Limited
Partnership 291,000 291,000 1,480,000 1,838,000 354,000 1,484,000

Woodlands Mount Pleasant,
Apartments, Texas
L.P. 239,000 239,000 1,248,000 1,530,000 329,000 1,201,000

Woodview Chillicothe,
Limited Illinois and
Partnership Glassford,
Illinois 269,000 269,000 1,191,000 1,596,000 405,000 1,191,000
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$ 10,862,000 $ 10,862,000 $ 48,907,000 $ 65,065,000 $ 16,668,000 $ 48,397,000
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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2002


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For the year ended December 31, 2001
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Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beaumont Elderly Housing, L.P. $ 103,000 $ (14,000) 1995 Completed 45

Brownfield Seniors Community, Ltd.
88,000 (24,000) 1994 Completed 40

Buffalo Apartments, Ltd. 88,000 (14,000) 1995 Completed 35

Cambridge Court Associates Limited
Partnership 140,000 (45,000) 1992 Completed 35

Candleridge Apartments of Bondurant
L.P. 123,000 (14,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Candleridge Apartments of Waukee L.P.
134,000 (3,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Carlinville Associates I, L.P. 80,000 (9,000) 1994 Completed 30

Cherokee Housing, Ltd. 71,000 (6,000) 1993 Completed 40

Chester Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 123,000 (25,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Clinton Terrace Apartments, Ltd. 76,000 (14,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coffeeville Housing, Ltd. 51,000 (19,000) 1993 Completed 40

Coosa County Housing, Ltd. 62,000 (6,000) 1992 Completed 40

Crockett Manor, Ltd. 146,000 (11,000) 1994 Completed 40

Crockett Manor Senior Citizens
Complex, Ltd. 125,000 4,000 1993 Completed 50

Delta Manor, L.P. 154,000 (33,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Eupora Apartments, L.P. 121,000 (9,000) 1992 Completed 40

Fairview Village V, Limited
Partnership 71,000 (14,000) 1992 Completed 40

Fox Lake Manor Limited Partnership
29,000 (21,000) 1994 Completed 27.5

Ft. Deposit Housing, Ltd. 85,000 (9,000) 1992 Completed 40

Gulf Coast Apartments, L.P. 199,000 (33,000) 1993 Completed 30



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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2002


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For the year ended December 31, 2001
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Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gulf Coast Apartments of Long Beach,
L.P. 226,000 (27,000) 1993 Completed 30

Heritage Colonial Homes, L.P. 70,000 (15,000) 1994 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Benson 197,000 (18,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Dallas 233,000 (56,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Dunn 116,000 (28,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Kings Mt.
162,000 (23,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Lee 296,000 (48,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Sanford 208,000 (87,000) 1993 Completed 40

HOI Limited Partnership of Selma 221,000 (34,000) 1993 Completed 40

Killbuck Limited Partnership 82,000 (22,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Lake Ridge Apartments, L.P. 146,000 (53,000) 1994 Completed 50

Levelland Manor, L.P. 122,000 (14,000) 1993 Completed 40

Logan Park Associates Limited
Partnership 420,000 (31,000) 1993 Completed 27.5

Meadow Run Associates Limited
Partnership 163,000 (33,000) 1992 Completed 35

Oakdale Senior Housing Limited
Partnership 340,000 (222,000) 1993 Completed 30

Orange Beach Housing, Ltd. 110,000 (31,000) 1994 Completed 40

Parks I Limited Partnership 208,000 (34,000) 1993 Completed 40

Post Manor, L.P. 77,000 (19,000) 1992 Completed 40

Red Bud Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 90,000 (27,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Steeleville Associates I, a Limited
Partnership 86,000 (15,000) 1992 Completed 27.5

Tanglewood Limited Partnership 114,000 (21,000) 1992 Completed 27.5


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Schedule III
Real Estate Owned by Local Limited Partnerships
March 31, 2002


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For the year ended December 31, 2002
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Rental Net Year Investment Estimated Useful
Partnership Name Income Income/(loss) Acquired Status Life (Years)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Village Lane Properties, a Limited
Partnership 173,000 (23,000) 1993 Completed 25

Whitted Forest Limited Partnership 189,000 (25,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wilcam Housing, Ltd. 66,000 (21,000) 1993 Completed 40

Wills Point Manor, L.P. 83,000 (11,000) 1992 Completed 40

Windmere Associates Limited
Partnership 172,000 (32,000) 1992 Completed 35

Woodlands Apartments, L.P. 162,000 (29,000) 1992 Completed 40

Woodview Limited Partnership 155,000 (19,000) 1992 Completed 40
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$ 6,756,000 $(1,337,000)
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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

WNC HOUSING TAX CREDIT FUND III, L.P.

By: WNC & Associates, Inc.,
General Partner

By: /s/ Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr.
--------------------------
Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr.,
President of WNC & Associates, Inc.

Date: February 28, 2005

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By: /s/ Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr.
--------------------------
Wilfred N. Cooper, Jr.,
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of
WNC & Associates, Inc. (principal executive officer)

Date: February 28, 2005


By: /s/ Thomas J. Riha
------------------
Thomas J. Riha,
Senior Vice-President - Chief Financial Officer of
WNC & Associates, Inc. (principal financial officer and principal
accounting officer)

Date: February 28, 2005


By: /s/ Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr.
--------------------------
Wilfred N. Cooper, Sr.,
Chairman of the Board of WNC & Associates, Inc.

Date: February 28, 2005

By: /s/ David N. Shafer
David N Shafer,
Director of WNC & Associates, Inc.

Date: February 28, 2005




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