Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($)															1 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Oct. 07, 2015	Jul. 10, 2015	Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 10, 2015	Jan. 09, 2015	Oct. 10, 2014	Oct. 08, 2014	Jul. 10, 2014	Apr. 08, 2014	Apr. 02, 2014	Sep. 09, 2013	Aug. 05, 2013	Mar. 13, 2013	Oct. 21, 2015	Sep. 19, 2015	May. 22, 2015	Mar. 24, 2015	Mar. 23, 2015	Jan. 20, 2015	Dec. 27, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 17, 2015	May. 28, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share- Based Compensation Restricted Stock Issued To Directors (in shares)													2,500											5,000
Restricted Stock Vested Percentage One																								20.00%
Restricted Stock Vested Percentage Two																								20.00%
Unrecognized Stock Based Compensation																							$ 142,000
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared									$ 0.29	$ 0.29
Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock								$ 32,900,000				$ 22,600,000											$ 131,321,000	$ 76,864,000
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest											100.00%												100.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	[1]																						15,000	0
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition																							2 years 2 months 12 days
Share Price																						$ 11.85	$ 11.85
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																							$ 131,321,000	$ 92,055,000
December 2014 Shelf Registration Statement Offering [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance																									150,000
Public Offering [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares Issued, Price Per Share															$ 25.00
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues															$ 69,200,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense																							$ 1,000,000
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																								100.00%
OP And LTIP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							5.95%	9.87%
OP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							1.47%	4.59%
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Beginning Balance																						305,568	305,568	282,759
LTIP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							4.48%	5.28%
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Beginning Balance																						932,394	932,394	325,578
Common Class A One [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared			$ 0.29		$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.29														$ 0.05945211		$ 0.096667
Dividends Payable, Date of Record		Nov. 25, 2015	Jul. 25, 2015		Apr. 25, 2015	Jan. 25, 2015	Oct. 25, 2014			May 25, 2014											Feb. 03, 2014		Dec. 25, 2015
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid			Aug. 05, 2015		May 05, 2015	Feb. 05, 2015	Nov. 05, 2014														Jan. 31, 2014		Jan. 05, 2016
Common Class A One [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared			$ 0.096667		$ 0.096666	$ 0.096666	$ 0.096666							$ 0.05369868									$ 0.096666
Dividends Payable, Date of Record			Jul. 25, 2015		Apr. 25, 2015	Jan. 25, 2015	Oct. 25, 2014																Jan. 25, 2016
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid														Feb. 28, 2014
Common Class A Two [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record		Dec. 25, 2015	Aug. 25, 2015		May 25, 2015	Feb. 25, 2015	Nov. 25, 2014																Jan. 25, 2016
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid			Sep. 04, 2015		Jun. 05, 2015	Mar. 05, 2015	Dec. 05, 2014																Feb. 05, 2016
Common Class A Two [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record			Aug. 25, 2015			Feb. 25, 2015	Nov. 25, 2014
Common Class A Three [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record			Sep. 25, 2015				Dec. 25, 2014
Common Class A Three [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record						Mar. 25, 2015	Dec. 25, 2014
Common Class B One [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared																						$ 0.4010
Dividends Payable, Date of Record					Jun. 25, 2015	Mar. 25, 2015			Aug. 25, 2014	May 25, 2014
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid		Nov. 05, 2015	Oct. 05, 2015		Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 05, 2015	Jan. 05, 2015		Sep. 05, 2014	Jun. 05, 2014
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted																			353,630
Common Class B One [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared			$ 0.096666		$ 0.096667	$ 0.096667	$ 0.096667																$ 0.096667
Dividends Payable, Date of Record			Sep. 25, 2015		Jun. 25, 2015																		Feb. 25, 2016
Common Class B Two [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record									Sep. 25, 2014	Jun. 25, 2014														Dec. 24, 2015
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid		Dec. 04, 2015							Oct. 05, 2014	Jul. 05, 2014
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted																353,630
Common Class B Two [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record					May 25, 2015																		Mar. 24, 2016
Common Class B Three [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid		Jan. 05, 2016																						Jan. 05, 2016
Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared		$ 0.29								$ 0.096666													$ 0.096666
Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock																	$ 77,600,000			$ 53,700,000
Stockholders' Equity, Reverse Stock Split																							immediately prior to the listing, including shares sold in its continuous registered offering, was changed into one-third of a share of each of Class B-1 common stock, Class B-2 common stock and Class B-3 common stock. Following the filing of the Second Charter Amendment, the Company effected a 2.264881-to-1 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Class B-1 common stock, Class B-2 common stock and Class B-3 common stock, and on March 31, 2014, the Company effected an additional 1.0045878-to-1 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Class B-1 common stock, Class B-2 common stock and Class B-3 common stock.
Dividends Payable, Date of Record		Oct. 25, 2015							Jul. 25, 2014	Apr. 25, 2014													Oct. 25, 2015
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid									Aug. 05, 2014	May 05, 2014
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																	6,348,000			4,600,000			3,035,444
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share																	$ 0.01			$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share								$ 11.90									$ 13.00			$ 12.50
Common Class A [Member] | Monthly Dividends [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared										$ 0.096667
Dividends Payable, Date of Record										Apr. 25, 2014
Class B-1 common stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividends Payable, Date of Record										Jun. 25, 2014
Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues															2,875,000
Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock															$ 69,200,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues															2,875,000
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share															$ 25.00
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage															8.25%
Shares Issued, Price Per Share															$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share															$ 25.00										$ 1,000
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance																									150,000
2014 Restricted Stock Award [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period																		2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Terms of Award																		The vesting schedule for each 2014 Restricted Stock Award is as follows: (i) 834 shares as of March 24, 2015, (ii) 833 shares on March 24, 2016, and (iii) 833 shares on March 24, 2017.
2015 Restricted Stock Award [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period																		2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Terms of Award																		The vesting schedule for each 2015 Restricted Stock Award is as follows: (i) 834 shares as of March 24, 2016, (ii) 833 shares on March 24, 2017, and (iii) 833 shares on March 24, 2018.
2014 Individuals Plan [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period																		2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized																										475,000
Common Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	[2]																							5,280
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																							0	0
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																							$ 0	$ 0
Incentive Plan [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				283,390
Common Class B [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount																								212,263

[1] The number of shares and per share amounts for the prior period have been retroactively restated to reflect the two reverse stock splits of the Class B common stock discussed above.

[2] For 2015 and 2014, amounts relate to shares of the Company’s Class A, B-1, B-2, B-3 common stock and LTIP Units outstanding.