Public Housing Capital Fund Trust Certificates - Schedule of Investments in PHC Certificates (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value, held in trust	$ 1,383,237	$ 1,409,895
Public housing capital fund trusts [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis, Held in Trust	41,940,553	48,247,303
Cumulative Unrealized Gain, held in trust	1,408,804	424,783
Estimated Fair Value, held in trust	43,349,357	48,672,086
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust I [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis, Held in Trust	24,477,478	24,608,543
Cumulative Unrealized Gain, held in trust	435,659	285,984
Estimated Fair Value, held in trust	$ 24,913,137	$ 24,894,527
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust I [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member] \| Standard & Poor's, AA- Rating [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Weighted Average Lives (Years)	5 years 5 months 19 days	6 years 5 months 26 days
Investment Rating	AA-	AA-
Weighted Average Interest Rate Over Life	5.33%	5.33%
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust II [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis, Held in Trust	$ 4,375,296	$ 9,071,785
Cumulative Unrealized Gain, held in trust	386,433	44,768
Estimated Fair Value, held in trust	$ 4,761,729	$ 9,116,553
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust II [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member] \| Standard & Poor's, AA- Rating [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Weighted Average Lives (Years)	4 years 6 months 29 days
Investment Rating	AA-
Weighted Average Interest Rate Over Life	4.41%
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust II [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member] \| Standard & Poor's, A+ Rating [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Weighted Average Lives (Years)		5 years 6 months 21 days
Investment Rating		A+
Weighted Average Interest Rate Over Life		4.35%
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust III [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis, Held in Trust	$ 13,087,779	$ 14,566,975
Cumulative Unrealized Gain, held in trust	586,712	94,031
Estimated Fair Value, held in trust	$ 13,674,491	$ 14,661,006
Public Housing Capital Fund Trust III [Member] \| Public housing capital fund trusts [Member] \| Standard & Poor's, BBB Rating [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Weighted Average Lives (Years)	5 years 5 months 4 days	6 years 9 months 3 days
Investment Rating	BBB	BBB
Weighted Average Interest Rate Over Life	5.12%	5.30%

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