London council builds housing with religion-friendly features

Hackney caters for ultra-Orthodox Jewish community with lifts that do not need manual operation and open balconiesA London council is to build housing with religiously compliant features designed to appeal to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, in what is thought to be a first for a local authority.Hackney council’s development, Tower Court in Stamford Hill, north-east London, will include lifts which do not require manual operation on Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath; open balconies to accomm