Two new ULI reports

Ten Principles for Developing Affordable Housing
Ten Principles for Developing Affordable Housing seeks to help those who wish to develop housing for low- and moderate-income households understand what it takes to make affordable housing projects happen. It also seeks to help policy makers and community leaders understand the principles behind the production of affordable housing. It is hoped that this understanding will lead to the creation of effective affordable housing policies and programs and to the fostering of a climate that is more supportive of the development of affordable housing.

Ten Principles for Developing Successful Town Centers
The Urban Land Institute convened a smart growth workshop June 26–28, 2006, in Washington, D.C., to distill ten principles for developing successful suburban town centers. During three days of intensive study, a team of planning and development experts drawn from around the United States toured and studied three very different town centers in northern Virginia: Market Common, Clarendon in Arlington; Fairfax Corner in Fairfax; and Reston Town Center in Reston. This report presents the results of ULI’s workshop, including a definition of town centers and ten principles for creating them.
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In addition to:

-- Ten Steps for Rebuilding Neighborhood Retail
-- Ten Steps for Rethinking the Mall
-- Ten Principles for Reinventing America's Suburban Business Districts
-- Ten Principles for Reinventing America's Suburban Strips
-- Successful Development Around Transit

Even the reports on the "suburbs" are useful to read for urban people, both in terms of being aware of the competition, but mostly because the reports are practical, speak to how developers think and approach projects, and how good projects are done.