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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) Property $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023	Jan. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Partners capital		$ 344,072,051	$ 323,955,517
Supplemental distribution payable \| $ / shares		$ 0.37					$ 0.323
Partnership distribution paid at ratio				0.0105
Increase in short-term interest rates in basis points	0.50%	0.50%	4.25%
ASU 2016-13 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Partners capital					$ 5,900,000
Restricted Unit Awards [Member] \| Greystone Manager [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Approved grant of restricted units and other awards to employees \| shares		1.0
Greens Hold Co [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Property		1
Ownership interest percentage in MF property		100.00%
Lindo Paseo LLC [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage in MF property		100.00%
Beneficial Unit Certificates [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Partnership distribution paid at ratio						0.01044