Item 1. Description of Business

Shelter Properties V (the "Partnership" or "Registrant") was organized as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of South Carolina on August 21, 1981. The general partner responsible for management of the Partnership's business is Shelter Realty V Corporation, a South Carolina corporation (the "Corporate General Partner"). The Corporate General Partner is a subsidiary of Apartment Investment and Management Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust. The other general partner is AIMCO Properties, L.P., an affiliate of the Corporate General Partner and AIMCO. The Partnership Agreement provides that the Partnership is to terminate on December 31, 2023 unless terminated prior to such date.

The Registrant is engaged in the business of operating and holding real estate properties for investment. In 1983 and 1984, during its acquisition phase, the Registrant acquired eight existing apartment properties. The Registrant continues to own and operate seven of these properties. See "Item 2. Description of Properties".

Commencing May 27, 1983, the Registrant offered, pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, up to 99,900 Units of Limited Partnership Interest (the "Units") at a purchase price of $1,000 per Unit with a minimum purchase of 5 Units ($5,000), or 2 Units ($2,000) for an Individual Retirement Account. An additional 100 Units were purchased by the Corporate General Partner.

The offering terminated on December 8, 1983. Upon termination of the offering, the Registrant had accepted subscriptions for 52,538 Units, including 100 Units purchased by the Corporate General Partner, for an aggregate of $52,538,000. Unsold Units (numbering 47,462) were deregistered pursuant to Post Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 1983. The Registrant invested approximately $38,900,000 of such proceeds in eight existing apartment properties. Since its initial offering, the Registrant has not received, nor are limited partners required to make, additional capital contributions.

The Registrant has no employees. Management and administrative services are performed by the Corporate General Partner and by agents retained by the Corporate General Partner. An affiliate of the Corporate General Partner has been providing such property management services.

The real estate business in which the Partnership is engaged is highly competitive. There are other residential properties within the market area of the Partnership's properties. The number and quality of competitive properties, including those which may be managed by an affiliate of the Corporate General Partner, in such market area could have a material effect on the rental market for the apartments at the Partnership's properties and the rents that may be charged for such apartments. While the Corporate General Partner and its affiliates own and/or control a significant number of apartment units in the United States, such units represent an insignificant percentage of total apartment units in the United States and competition for the apartments is local.

Both the income and expenses of operating the properties owned by the Partnership are subject to factors outside of the Partnership's control, such as changes in the supply and demand for similar properties resulting from various market conditions, increases/decreases in unemployment or population shifts, changes in the availability of permanent mortgage financing, changes in zoning laws, or changes in patterns or needs of users. In addition, there are risks inherent in owning and operating residential properties because such properties are susceptible to the impact of economic and other conditions outside of the control of the Partnership.

There have been, and it is possible there may be other, Federal, state and local legislation and regulations enacted relating to the protection of the environment. The Partnership is unable to predict the extent, if any, to which such new legislation or regulations might occur and the degree to which such existing or new legislation or regulations might adversely affect the properties owned by the Partnership.

The Partnership monitors its properties for evidence of pollutants, toxins and other dangerous substances, including the presence of asbestos. In certain cases environmental testing has been performed, which resulted in no material adverse conditions or liabilities. In no case has the Partnership received notice that it is a potentially responsible party with respect to an environmental clean up site.

A further description of the Partnership's business is included in "Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" included in "Item 6" of this Form 10-KSB.