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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Carrying Value and Fair Value of Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHLA – 6.625%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	6.625%	6.625%
Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHNC – 7.75%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	7.75%	7.75%
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Carrying Value
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 262,500	$ 262,500
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Carrying Value | Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHLA – 6.625%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	110,000	110,000
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Carrying Value | Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHNC – 7.75%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	152,500	152,500
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Fair Value
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	244,901	222,898
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Fair Value | Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHLA – 6.625%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	96,976	90,772
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Fair Value | Senior Notes | Senior Notes - MHNC – 7.75%
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 147,925	$ 132,126

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
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