Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($)									1 Months Ended														12 Months Ended
		Oct. 13, 2016	Sep. 14, 2016	Aug. 03, 2016	Mar. 15, 2016	Jul. 02, 2015	Sep. 09, 2013	Aug. 05, 2013	Jul. 19, 2016	May 26, 2016	Apr. 25, 2016	Mar. 24, 2016	Mar. 17, 2016	Feb. 24, 2016	Dec. 17, 2015	Oct. 21, 2015	Sep. 19, 2015	May 22, 2015	Mar. 24, 2015	Mar. 23, 2015	Jan. 20, 2015	Mar. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 08, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 29, 2016	Feb. 22, 2016	Jan. 13, 2016	Jan. 12, 2016	Sep. 14, 2015	May 28, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share- Based Compensation Restricted Stock Issued To Directors (in shares)								2,500																	5,000
Unrecognized Stock Based Compensation																							$ 8,750
Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock							$ 22,600,000																$ 51,000	$ 131,321,000	$ 76,864,000
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest					100.00%																		10.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	[1]																						7,500	15,000	0
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition																							7 months 6 days
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																								$ 131,321,000	$ 92,055,000
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share																							$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Redemption Fee, Percentage																													13.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Fee, Percentage, After One Year																													10.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Fee, Percentage, After Three Year																													5.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Fee, Percentage, After Four Year																													3.00%
Maximum Amount Of Securities To Be Issued																															$ 1,000,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Fair Value												$ 100,000												$ 7,500
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding																							21,482
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other																							23,750
Share-based Compensation																							$ 210,000	126,000	$ 48,000
December 2014 Shelf Registration Statement Offering [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance															150,000
Public Offering [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares Issued, Price Per Share									$ 25.00	$ 25.00	$ 25.00					$ 25.00
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues									$ 55,300,000	$ 9,500,000	$ 55,300,000					$ 69,200,000
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance														150,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense																							$ 2,400,000	$ 1,000,000
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																									100.00%
OP And LTIP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							8.86%		9.87%
OP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							1.39%		4.59%
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Beginning Balance																							297,861		282,759
LTIP Unit holders [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Ownership Interest																							7.47%		5.28%
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Beginning Balance																							1,603,527		325,578
Common Class B One [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted																				353,630
Common Class B Two [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted																	353,630
Common Class B Three [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted													353,629
Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock																		$ 77,600,000			$ 53,700,000
Stockholders' Equity, Reverse Stock Split																							Immediately following the filing of the Second Charter Amendment, the Company effectuated a 2.264881 to 1 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Class B-1 common stock, Class B-2 common stock and Class B-3 common stock, and on March 31, 2014, the Company effected an additional 1.0045878 to 1 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of Class B-1 common stock, Class B-2 common stock and Class B-3 common stock.
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																		6,348,000			4,600,000		4,265	10,948,664	7,531,188
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share																		$ 0.01			$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share																		$ 13.00			$ 12.50
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																							$ 51,000	$ 109,000	$ 75,000
Common Stock, Shares Authorized																							747,586,185	747,586,185						2,262,621
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share																																$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued																										$ 100,000,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights																							429,640
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity																							$ 19,300,000
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering																						$ 44,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Fair Value												$ 7,500
Common Class A [Member] | IPO [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																						3,448,276
Shares Issued, Price Per Share																						$ 14.50
Proceeds From Issuance Initial Public Offering Gross																						$ 50,000,000
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																2,875,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																8.25%							8.25%
Shares Issued, Price Per Share																$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share																$ 25.00
Preferred Stock, Increase in Annual Dividend Rate																							2.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share																							$ 25.00
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Increase in Annual Dividend Rate																							14.00%
Original Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share														$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Preferred Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance														150,000	150,000
Warrants to Purchase of Common Stock														3,000,000	3,000,000
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues										400,000	2,300,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																							8.25%
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued																											$ 100,000	$ 100,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock																							$ 68,524,000	$ 69,165,000	0
Proceeds from Issuance of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock																							$ 3,600,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other																							146,460
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock																							$ 18,789,000	0	0
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other																							21,482
Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues									2,300,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage									7.625%
Shares Issued, Price Per Share									$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share									25.00
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																							7.625%
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			$ 36,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock																							$ 55,978,000	$ 0	$ 0
Proceeds from Issuance of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock																							$ 600,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other			23,750
Series D Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues		150,602																					0	0	0
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																							7.125%
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																							$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock		$ 3,700,000																					$ 68,760,000	$ 0	$ 0
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage																							7.625%
Preferred Stock, Increase in Annual Dividend Rate																							2.00%
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share									$ 25.00
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Increase in Annual Dividend Rate																							14.00%
Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues		2,700,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage		7.125%																					7.125%
Shares Issued, Price Per Share		$ 25.00
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share		25.00
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share																							$ 25.00
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share		$ 0.01
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock		$ 65,000,000
Common Class B [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount																									5,280
2014 Restricted Stock Award [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period												1,666							2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Terms of Award																			The vesting schedule for each 2014 Restricted Stock Award is as follows: (i) 834 shares as of March 24, 2015, (ii) 833 shares on March 24, 2016, and (iii) 833 shares on March 24, 2017.
2015 Restricted Stock Award [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period												2,500							2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Terms of Award																			The vesting schedule for each 2015 Restricted Stock Award is as follows: (i) 834 shares as of March 24, 2016, (ii) 833 shares on March 24, 2017, and (iii) 833 shares on March 24, 2018.
2014 Individuals Plan [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period																			2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized																																	475,000
Common Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	[1]																						4,282
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues																							0	0	0
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues																							$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Incentive Plan [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				176,610		283,390

[1] The number of shares and per share amounts for the prior period have been retroactively restated to reflect the two reverse stock splits of the Class B common stock discussed above.