Organization (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013 partnership
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of original Local Partnership investments	18
Number of Local Partnership investments	2

Equity Method Investments, Number of Local Partnership Investments at End of Year

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