Rent and Other Receivables - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease agreement term (in years)	1 year		1 year
Insurance claim receivables related to storm damage	$ 1.9		$ 1.9		$ 5.0
Single Family Homes
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Variable lease payments for tenant chargebacks	65.8	$ 62.0	167.0	$ 157.4
Variable lease payments for fees from single-family properties	$ 8.0	$ 7.0	$ 22.9	$ 20.0

Variable Lease Payments, Late Fees And Application Fees

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Variable Lease Payments, Tenant Chargebacks

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Amount due in settlement of a claim for reimbursement from an insurance company when the Company has suffered a loss covered under an insurance policy.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-SubTopic 30
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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