Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of Level 3 Instruments at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Assets:
Foreign currency exchange gain / (losses)	$ (2.7)	$ (2.2)
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Contingent Consideration
Liabilities:
Beginning balance	20.2	20.2
Ending balance	20.2	20.2
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Installment notes receivable on manufactured homes, net
Assets:
Beginning balance	65.9	79.1
Foreign currency exchange gain / (losses)	0.0	0.0
Ending balance	62.2	77.2
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Installment notes receivable on manufactured homes, net \| Realized gains / (losses)
Assets:
Changes to fair value	(1.7)	0.2
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Installment notes receivable on manufactured homes, net \| Purchases and issuances
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.1	0.9
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Installment notes receivable on manufactured homes, net \| Sales and settlements
Assets:
Changes to fair value	(2.1)	(3.0)
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Installment notes receivable on manufactured homes, net \| Dispositions of properties
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.0	0.0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Notes receivable from real estate developers and operators
Assets:
Beginning balance	305.2	284.0
Foreign currency exchange gain / (losses)	8.5	(6.0)
Ending balance	435.0	304.4
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Notes receivable from real estate developers and operators \| Realized gains / (losses)
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.0	0.0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Notes receivable from real estate developers and operators \| Purchases and issuances
Assets:
Changes to fair value	124.3	30.5
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Notes receivable from real estate developers and operators \| Sales and settlements
Assets:
Changes to fair value	(3.0)	(4.1)
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Notes receivable from real estate developers and operators \| Dispositions of properties
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.0	0.0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants
Assets:
Beginning balance	0.0	0.0
Foreign currency exchange gain / (losses)	0.0	0.0
Ending balance	0.0	0.6
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants \| Realized gains / (losses)
Assets:
Changes to fair value	(0.4)	(0.6)
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants \| Purchases and issuances
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.4	1.2
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants \| Sales and settlements
Assets:
Changes to fair value	0.0	0.0
Fair Value, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants \| Dispositions of properties
Assets:
Changes to fair value	$ 0.0	$ 0.0

Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount, before tax, of realized and unrealized gain (loss) from foreign currency transaction.

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