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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Valuation allowance $ 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 1,310,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 1,390,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Change in valuation allowance of deferred tax assets 400,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount   44,400,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations, Discontinued Operations, Extraordinary Items, Change 7,800,000udr_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsExtraordinaryItemsChange    
Income Tax (benefit)/expense, Conversion of certain TRS entities to REITs (5,770,000)udr_IncomeTaxbenefitexpenseConversionofcertainTRSentitiestoREITs 0udr_IncomeTaxbenefitexpenseConversionofcertainTRSentitiestoREITs 0udr_IncomeTaxbenefitexpenseConversionofcertainTRSentitiestoREITs
Unrecognized Tax Benefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits  
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Net loss carryforwards 19,500,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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2020 through 2030 | State      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Net loss carryforwards 57,800,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Prior to conversion [Member]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Valuation allowance $ 1,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
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