BOSTON FINANCIAL QUALIFIED HOUSING TAX CREDITS L.P. V

(A Limited Partnership)

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Boston Financial Qualified Housing Tax Credits L.P. V (the “Partnership”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

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

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

/s/Kenneth J. Cutillo                 

Kenneth J. Cutillo

Principal Executive Officer and

Principal Financial Officer

Arch Street VIII, Inc., as

Managing General Partner of

Boston Financial Qualified

Housing Tax Credits L.P. V

                                                                                                                Date:  February 14, 2011

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Partnership and will be retained by the Partnership and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.