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Leases - Summary of Residential Bad Debt for Company's Properties (Details) - Residential Leases [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Lessor Lease Description [Line Items]
Bad debt, net	$ 7,906	$ 9,042	$ 25,045	$ 28,862
% of residential rental income	1.10%	1.30%	1.20%	1.40%

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479773/842-30-50-3

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