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Related Party Transactions (Details)				1 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Mar. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($) townhome Lots	Oct. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2016 USD ($) townhome Lots	Oct. 28, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015 townhome Lots
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent						50.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners						50.00%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest						$ 12,323,000	$ 9,739,000
Management fees expense – related party						0	1,266,000	$ 1,016,000
Repayments of Secured Debt						$ 150,000,000	0	0
Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee percentage					0.375%
Management fees expense – related party							1,300,000	1,000,000
Centre Living
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent						50.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners						50.00%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest						$ 300,000
Percentage of voting interest						51.00%
PercentofCentreLivingOperationsConsolidated						100.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent expense						$ 600,000	500,000	200,000
Interest and Fees Income \| Affiliates of Company
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest income						0	0	700,000
Texas Headquarters \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses \| Family Members of CEO
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent expense							$ 13,913	$ 28,137
Reverse Recapitalization \| Term Loan Facility \| Secured Debt \| Greenlight Capital, Inc
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest			49.40%		49.40%
Debt instrument, term			5 years
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 150,000,000		$ 150,000,000
Stated interest rate			9.00%		9.00%					10.00%
Greenlight Capital, Inc \| Reverse Recapitalization \| Term Loan Facility \| Secured Debt
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of Secured Debt		$ 154,900,000
Suwanee Station [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of lots purchased \| townhome									73
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage									50.00%
EquityMethodInvestment,OwnershipPercentagbyPartner									50.00%
The Parc at Cogburn [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of townhomes in community \| townhome											19
Number of lots purchased \| Lots											11
Payments to acquire residential real estate						1,800,000
LandunderPurchaseOptionsExpectedPurchasePayments						1,300,000
Academy Street [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent									80.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners									20.00%
Number of lots purchased \| Lots									83
Glens at Sugarloaf [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of townhomes in community \| townhome				92
Number of lots purchased \| Lots				12
Payments for deposits on real estate acquisitions				$ 0
Payments to acquire residential real estate						$ 1,000,000
Glens at Sugarloaf [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of townhomes in community \| townhome									80
Payments to acquire residential real estate	$ 4,800,000
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Suwanee Station [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
capital contributions									$ 2,000,000
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Academy Street [Member] \| The Providence Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
capital contributions									$ 12,000,000