UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 26, 2011

NATIONAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP REALTY FUND I

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	0-013465	52-1358879
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification Number)

55 Beattie Place

Post Office Box 1089

Greenville, South Carolina 29602

(Address of principal executive offices)

(864) 239-1000

(Issuer's telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

National Housing Partnership Realty Fund I (the “Registrant”) has a 99% limited partnership interest in Hurbell IV Ltd., an Alabama limited partnership (“Hurbell”). As previously disclosed, on February 10, 2011, Hurbell entered into a Purchase and Sale Contract to sell its investment property, Talladega Downs, a 100-unit apartment complex located in Talladega, Alabama (the “Property”), to a third party, GH Capital National Housing Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”), for $700,000. The sale was expected to close during May 2011.

As previously disclosed, on March 28, 2011 and April 4, 2011, Hurbell and the Purchaser entered into amendments to the Purchase and Sale Contract pursuant to which the feasibility period was extended from March 28, 2011 to April 8, 2011.

On May 26, 2011, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Contract as amended, the Purchaser exercised its option to extend the scheduled closing date to July 10, 2011.

The Registrant has no remaining investment balance in Hurbell at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NATIONAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP REALTY FUND I

By: The National Housing Partnership

General Partner

National Corporation for Housing

Partnerships

General Partner

By: /s/Stephen B. Waters

Stephen B. Waters

Senior Director of Partnership Accounting

Date: June 1, 2011

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