Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarter report on Form 10-Q of National Housing Trust Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) for the period ending June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Susan E. Basting, Chief Financial Officer of NHT, Inc., general partner of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)

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

(2)

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


Date August 23, 2004	By	/s/ Susan E. Basting
		Susan E. Basting,
		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
		NHT, Inc., General Partner for
		National Housing Trust Limited Partnership

NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 10-Q