Form 8-K - CURRENT REPORT

                                  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) October 17, 2001

                                SHELTER PROPERTIES V
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              South Carolina           0-11574               57-0721855
      (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)


                         (Registrant's telephone number)
                                 (864) 239-1000

                                       N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 2.     Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The Registrant sold a portion of the land from one of its investment properties,
Tar River Estates Apartments,  located in Greenville,  North Carolina on October
17,  2001.  The  land was sold to the City of  Greenville,  North  Carolina,  an
unrelated party, for $7,350,000. The land sold was severely flooded in September
1999 and the City of Greenville,  North Carolina purchased the land since it was
in a special flood hazard area.

The Corporate  General Partner is currently  evaluating the cash requirements of
the Partnership to determine what portion of the net proceeds,  if any, would be
available to distribute to the partners in the near future.

Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b)   Pro forma financial information.

      The  required  pro forma  financial  information  will be  provided in the
      Registrant's  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-QSB  for the  quarter  ended
      September 30, 2001 to be filed on or before November 14, 2001.

(c)   Exhibits

      10(iv)a     Purchase  and Sale  Contract  for the parcel of land at Tar
                  River Estates  Apartments  between  Registrant and the City of
                  Greenville, North Carolina.






                                    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.



                              SHELTER PROPERTIES V


                                 By:     Shelter Realty V Corporation
                                         Corporate General Partner

                                 By:     /s/Patrick J. Foye
                                         Patrick J. Foye
                                         Executive Vice President

                                 Date:   November 1, 2001





                                                               EXHIBIT 10(iv) a


                               CITY OF GREENVILLE

                         HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM

                          SALES AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT

The  UNDERSIGNED  (whether one or more,  herein  referred to as "Seller"),  upon
acceptance  of the Formal  Offer to Purchase of the CITY OF  GREENVILLE  (herein
referred to as "City"),  and in  consideration  of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
and other good and valuable  consideration in hand paid, the receipt of which is
hereby  acknowledged,  agrees to sell and convey to the City that certain lot or
parcel of land lying and being in the City or its extraterritorial jurisdiction,
together  with all  improvements,  attachments  and  fixtures  located  thereon,
(herein  referred  to as  "Property"),  upon the  following  terms,  agreements,
warranties and representations:

1. SALES PRICE: The sales price is $7,350,000.00  representing just compensation
and is  hereby  acknowledged  to be  the  fair  market  value  of the  Property,
inclusive of every  interest  therein,  to be paid by the City  through  Federal
and/or State funds received by the City.

2.  CLOSING:  Closing  shall be defined as the date and time of recording of the
deed from the  Seller to the  City.  Seller  agrees  to  coordinate  with  their
assigned  attorney to schedule a mutually  agreeable  date and time for closing.
Closing  shall not be later than 90 days after the  execution of this  Agreement
and Contract.

3.  PRELIMINARY GRANT AGREEMENT:  By signing this Agreement and Contract, the
Seller is certifying that all terms and conditions of the attached preliminary
grant agreement are in effect.

4.   HOMEOWNER  CERTIFICATION  REGARDING RELOCATION INTO OR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY
     IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA: By signing this Agreement and Contract, the
     Seller is  certifying  that he/she will not relocate  into a Special  Flood
     Hazard Area (SFHA) as defined by the Federal  Emergency  Management  Agency
     (FEMA) or purchase  property  in the SFHA as defined by FEMA with  proceeds
     from Closing on the Property.

5.   TITLE:  Title  shall be  delivered  to the  City at  Closing  by a  General
     Warranty  Deed and  shall be a fee  simple  marketable  title,  free of all
     encumbrances except utility easements and such other encumbrances as may be
     assumed or specifically approved by the City.

6.   LIENS:  All deeds of trust,  liens and other  charges  against the Property
     shall be paid and satisfied by the Seller prior to or at Closing.

7.   DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS:  The Seller hereby  acknowledges,  by signing this
     Agreement and Contract,  that $1,370,916.30 of duplicated  benefits will be
     reduced from the  settlement of the above  referenced  property at Closing.
     This amount represents the amount of duplicated benefits established by the
     North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCDEM), and not reduced by
     receipts for actual structural repairs.

8.   ENCUMBRANCES AND CONVEYANCE: The Seller shall not sell, mortgage, encumber,
     or  otherwise  dispose of the  Property or any part thereof or any interest
     therein prior to the expiration or  termination  date of this Agreement and
     Contract as provided herein, except to the City.

9.  CLOSING EXPENSES:  The City shall pay for preparation of a deed and revenue
stamps required by law.  The City shall pay for recording the deed and, expenses
connected with the examination of title and the Closing.

10.  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENTS:  The Seller  warrants that there are no  assessments,
either pending or confirmed,  for sidewalk,  paving,  water, sewer, grass and/or
weed cutting,  or other  improvements  on or adjoining the Property,  no owner's
association dues, nor any other special  assessments,  except as follows (please
specify, if any):

11. PRORATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS: The following items shall be paid prior to or at
Closing:

A)   Ad valorem taxes on real property for the current year shall be paid by the
     Seller.

B)   Ad valorem taxes on personal  property for the entire current year shall be
     paid by the Seller.

C)   All late listing  penalties,  if any,  shall be paid by the Seller.  D) All
     assessments,  if any,  shall be paid by the Seller.  E) All  delinquent  ad
     valorem taxes, both real and personal, and assessments shall be paid by the
     Seller.

12. GRANT  FUNDING  CONDITION:  Notwithstanding  anything to contrary  contained
herein,  the  obligations of the City and the Seller  pursuant to this Agreement
and Contract are expressly  conditioned  upon the City receiving  Federal and/or
State funds in the amount of the sales price for the purchase of the property.

13. TERM:  This Agreement and Contract shall be irrevocable  and shall remain in
force in  perpetuity,  if the  Seller  schedules  and  completes  Closing on the
Property.  If the Seller does not schedule and complete Closing on the Property,
this Agreement and Contract  shall be  irrevocable  for a period of 90 days from
the date of execution.

14. EXECUTION:  This Agreement and Contract shall become a binding contract when
signed by both the  Seller  and the City and  shall be  executed  under  seal in
duplicate  originals,  both of  which  together  constitute  one  and  the  same
instrument,  with an executed original being retained by both the Seller and the
City.  The Seller and the City adopt the word  "SEAL"  beside  their  signatures
below.

     15. PARTIES: This Agreement and Contract shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the  parties  hereto,  their  heirs,  executors,  administrators,
successors, assigns and legal representatives.

SELLER:

DATE:
SIGNATURE                                                 (SEAL)

                        WITNESS

DATE:
SIGNATURE                                                (SEAL)

                        WITNESS

DATE:
SIGNATURE                                                (SEAL)

                        WITNESS

CITY:

DATE:
BY:                                                     (SEAL)

                        WITNESS