Organization (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021 Property apartment_home office_building Community Hotel Room
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	6,067
Continuing Operations [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Property	29
Number of units in real estate property	7,315
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Commercial Office Building [Member]
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Number of real estate properties \| office_building	1
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Residential Apartment Communities in Redevelopment [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Community	3
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Hotel [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Hotel	1
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Planned Apartment Homes [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	1,331
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Planned Rooms [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property \| Room	106
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Apartment Homes Redevelopment Completed [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	499
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Consolidated Properties
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Property	25
Number of units in real estate property	6,125
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Property	4
Aimco Operating Partnership [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Percentage of the Aimco Operating Partnership common partnership units and equivalents owned by Aimco	93.10%
Percentage of economic interest in Aimco Operating Partnership owned by Aimco	95.00%
Percentage of Aimco Operating Partnership common partnership units and equivalents owned by other limited partners	6.90%

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
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