The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for New Partnerships in Affordable Housing can be downloaded from this page. It consists of:

• a Word document template containing the main body of the questionnaire (nppqqv2.dot)
• two Excel spreadsheet templates containing Section 5 (nppqqs51v2.xlt) and Appendix 1 (nppqqa1v2.xlt).

To use the questionnaire you will need software that supports the Word and Excel formats, version 97 or later. The file nppqqv2.zip is a zip archive that contains all three files. If you are not able to open zip files, the three templates may be downloaded individually. Please note that the nppqqs51v2.xlt template is quite large and may take some time to download.

This prospectus also provides:

• guidance on the pre-qualification questionnaire (NP_Quest_010305.pdf). All intending participants should complete this and return it to the Corporation in the formats and with the supporting information specified, by Friday 8 April 2005.
• information about the objectives and timetable for the programme;
• eligibility criteria;
• our proposed arrangements for the management and control of grant funding;
• the application process.

It should be read in conjunction with:

• our paper, published last November, New Partnerships in Affordable Housing
• the analysis of responses to that consultation
• the further consultation paper also published today, The Housing Corporation's Management Accreditation Scheme.
• presentations from the Bidders Conference held on 14 March 2005