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DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Distributions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | The following table provides the tax characteristics of the 2020, 2019 and 2018 distributions paid:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Common Share Distributions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income |  | $ | 0.41 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.55 |
Capital gain |  | 0.35 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Non-taxable distributions |  | — |  |  | 0.14 |  |  | 0.17 |
Distributions per share |  | $ | 0.76 |  |  | $ | 0.76 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |
Percentage classified as ordinary income |  | 53.90 | % |  | 81.00 | % |  | 76.20 | %
Percentage classified as capital gain |  | 46.10 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Percentage classified as non-taxable distribution |  | — | % |  | 19.00 | % |  | 23.80 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of all or some of the information related to dividends declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121583591&loc=d3e4304-108586 + Details
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