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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 09, 2020	Feb. 05, 2020	Jun. 18, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 1997
Common stock, par value				$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash				$ 17,512,000
Future Property Improvement Plan [Member]
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash				2,432,000
Furniture Fixtures and Equipment [Member]
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash				7,977,000
Combined monthly savings in cashflow				321,000
Hotel Senior Lender [Member]
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash				$ 11,550,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Proceeds from loan			$ 6,814,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| CIBC Bank USA [Member]
Revolving line of credit amount			8,000,000
Line of credit, available to be drawn			$ 5,000,000
InterGroup Corporation [Member]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent				13.50%
Portsmouth [Member]
Subsidiary of limited liability company or limited partnership, ownership interest				93.30%
Contribution Agreement [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Number of common stock shares received		4,460
Voting interest rate		Before the issuance of the stock referenced in the preceding sentence, InterGroup had the power to vote 86.3% of the voting shares of Santa Fe, which includes the power to vote an approximately 4% interest in the common stock in Santa Fe owned by the Company's Chairman and CEO, John V. Winfield, pursuant to a voting trust agreement entered into on June 30, 1998. Subsequent to this issuance, InterGroup has the power to vote 87.3% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Santa Fe, which includes the power to vote an approximately 3.7% interest in the common stock in Santa Fe under the aforementioned voting trust agreement. Mr. Winfield, Chairman of the Board of both InterGroup and Santa Fe, is a control person of both entities.
CARES Act [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| CIBC Bank USA [Member]
Ownership maturity date	Apr. 09, 2022
Proceeds from loan	$ 4,719,000
Debt interest rate	1.00%
Portsmouth Square, Inc [Member]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage				68.80%
Intergroup [Member] \| CIBC Bank USA [Member]
Revolving line of credit amount						$ 5,000,000
Intergroup [Member] \| Contribution Agreement [Member]
Voting interest		44.60%					55.40%
Number of common stock shares received		97,500
Common stock, par value		$ 0.10
Franchise Holding LLC [Member] \| Franchise License Agreement [Member]
Ownership maturity date				Jan. 31, 2030
Interstate Management Company LLC [Member] \| Hotel Management Agreement [Member]
Management expiration date				Feb. 03, 2017
Management agreement, term				10 years
Management agreement, renewal term				5 years
Management fee payable rate				1.70%