Organization (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013 partnership
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of original Local Partnership investments	18
Number of Local Partnership investments	3

Equity Method Investments, Number of Local Partnership Investments

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