Dividends, Common Stock, Cash Paid In Lieu Of Fractional Shares

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Number of Shares of Common Stock Required to Redeem Preferred OP Units Tendered for Redemption, if Parent Chooses to Redeem in Shares Rather than Cash

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Partners' Capital Account, Distributions, Cash Paid In Lieu Of Fractional Shares

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Partners' Capital Account, Distributions, Shares

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Schedule of earnings per share and dividends per share.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Number of shares of common stock issued as dividends during the period. Excludes stock splits.

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Per unit of ownership amount of cash distributions paid to unit-holder of a limited partnership (LP).

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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Total distributions to each class of partners (i.e., general, limited and preferred partners).

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Earnings and Dividends per Share and Unit (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Number of shares potentially redeemable for (in shares) \| shares		2.6		2.6
Dividends paid (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.41	$ 0.39	$ 0.82	$ 2.41	$ 2.41
Distributions paid (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.41	$ 0.39	$ 0.82	$ 2.41	$ 2.41
Special dividend		$ 61,034	$ 58,039	$ 121,859	$ 125,514
Equity reverse stock split				1.03119
AIMCO Properties, LP [Member]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Special distribution		64,377	61,342	$ 128,357	125,514
AIMCO Properties, LP [Member] \| General Partner and Special Limited Partner [Member]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Special distribution		$ 61,034	$ 58,039	121,859	$ 125,514
Special Dividend and Special Distribution [Member]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Dividends paid (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 2.02
Special Dividend Paid [Member]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Special dividend				$ 67,100
Common shares issued in special dividend (in shares) \| shares				4.5
Special dividend, cash paid in lieu of fractional shares				$ 400
Special Distribution Paid [Member] \| AIMCO Properties, LP [Member] \| General Partner and Special Limited Partner [Member]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share and Dividends Per Share [Line Items]
Special distribution				$ 72,700
Units issued in special dividend (in shares) \| shares				4.8
Special distribution, cash paid in lieu of fractional shares				$ 400