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Number of owned communities (or where a direct or indirect interest is owned) that are under construction.

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Number of Land Parcels Sold

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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Subsequent Events (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Feb. 24, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) community land_parcel home	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) community land_parcel
Subsequent events
Number of Land Parcels Sold \| land_parcel			1
Number of owned communities under construction \| community			27
Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Number of Land Parcels Sold \| land_parcel		2
Secured notes \| Notes payable maturing in 2017 \| Subsequent event
Subsequent events
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Avalon Pines \| Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Number of apartment communities sold \| community		1
Number of Apartment Homes Held for Sale \| home		450
Purchase price		$ 51,342,000
Other Real Estate Sales [Member]
Subsequent events
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate			$ 20,641,000
Other Real Estate Sales [Member] \| Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate		$ 20,500,000
Avalon Maplewood [Member] \| Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Loss Contingency, Insurance, Percentage of Policy Amount Company is Obligated to Fund	12.00%
Loss Contingency, Insurance, Policy Amount for Calculating Self-Insurance Liability	$ 50,000,000
Development Communities [Member] \| Avalon Newcastle Commons I [Member] \| Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Number of owned communities under construction \| community		1