Organization (Details Textual)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024 ft² Community Unit OfficeBuilding Property ApartmentHome Dwelling Key
Community [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property \| Community	220
Continuing Operations [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| ApartmentHome	5,600
Retail space \| ft²	105,000
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Commercial Office Building [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| OfficeBuilding	1
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Residential Apartment Communities In Waterfront Property [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	276
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Family Rental Community in Waterfront Ground-up Development [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	114
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Community [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property	689
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Planned Homes [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Property	16
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Accessory Dwelling Units [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property \| Dwelling	8
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Luxury Hotel With Event Space [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Key	106
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| OfficeBuilding	21
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	92.30%
Percentage of economic interest in Aimco Operating Partnership owned by Aimco	94.70%
Percentage of Aimco Operating Partnership common partnership units and equivalents owned by other limited partners	7.70%

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482987/272-10-50-3

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