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Federal Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Sep. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2012
Mar. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Characterization of distributions paid per common share                              
Amount of distributions paid per common share $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.18us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.72us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.72us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.72us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
Percentage of distributions paid per common share                         100.00%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare 100.00%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare 100.00%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
Ordinary Income [Member]                              
Characterization of distributions paid per common share                              
Amount of distributions paid per common share                         $ 0.01114us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.12844us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.07892us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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Percentage of distributions paid per common share                         1.55%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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17.84%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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10.96%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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Capital Gains [Member]                              
Characterization of distributions paid per common share                              
Amount of distributions paid per common share                         $ 0.00265us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.05835us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.08391us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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Percentage of distributions paid per common share                         0.37%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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8.10%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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11.65%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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Return of Capital [Member]                              
Characterization of distributions paid per common share                              
Amount of distributions paid per common share                         $ 0.70621us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.53321us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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$ 0.55717us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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Percentage of distributions paid per common share                         98.08%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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74.06%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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77.39%umh_PercentageOfDistributionsPaidPerCommonShare
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