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Incremental Common Shares Attributable To Down REIT Conversions

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Option Indexed To Issuers Equity, Term

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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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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Number of shares as a settlement alternative for each freestanding forward contract.

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The maximum number of shares that could be issued to net share settle a contract, if applicable. If a contract does not have a fixed or determinable maximum number of shares that may be required to be issued, disclose the fact that a potentially infinite number of shares could be issued to settle the contract.

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Additional shared included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of equity forward arrangements using the reverse treasury stock method.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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Earnings Per Common Share - Narrative (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Dilutive potential common shares - forward equity agreements (in shares)			808,000	1,093,000
Dilutive potential common shares - DownREIT conversions (in shares)			7,443,000	0
Down REIT
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares of anti-dilutive securities excluded from earnings per share calculation (in shares)				6,000,000
Employee stock option
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares of anti-dilutive securities excluded from earnings per share calculation (in shares)			1,000,000	1,000,000
Convertible Units
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares of anti-dilutive securities excluded from earnings per share calculation (in shares)			31,000,000	18,000,000
2019 ATM Program
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Maximum shares issuable under forward equity sales agreement (in shares)			2,000,000.0	3,600,000
Forward Equity Offering
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Maximum shares issuable under forward equity sales agreement (in shares)		15,300,000
Option indexed to issuers equity, term		1 year	1 year
Share settlement (in shares)				0	15,300,000
Issuance of common stock, net (in shares)		0
2019 ATM Program, Settled
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Share settlement (in shares)			16,800,000	0
Remainder outstanding (in shares)			0
2019 Forward Equity Offering
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Maximum shares issuable under forward equity sales agreement (in shares)	15,600,000
Share settlement (in shares)			15,600,000
Issuance of common stock, net (in shares)			0		0