Sanhedria, an inner‐city neighborhood in Jerusalem, is populated mostly by members of several sects belonging to the Haredi (Jewish ultra‐Orthodox) community. The Sanhedria case offers an opportunity to examine noneconomic processes of segregation. The paper examines residential relations between sects as reflected in their residential choices and the observed residential distribution. Sanhedria residents are close in economic status and share similar preferences regarding their way of life, yet powerful mechanisms of residential preferences acting at the level of the apartment and building result in “micro‐segregation” patterns. Taken together, these mechanisms provide insight into processes typical of dense inner‐city neighborhoods with multi‐family housing and shared by differing religious or ethnic groups.

This study examines the impact of habitat choices and householder migration on Inter-building Vertical segregation in Whitechapel, a diverse inner-city neighbourhood in London. For migrants living in this absorption area, the need for a sense of belonging and continuity leads to the development of micro mechanism that improve the individuals' ability to cope with the urban challenges. Based on residential records at the resolution of single families and flats that cover a period of 17 years, the study reveal and analyse powerful mechanism of residential segregation at the vertical dimension of buildings, which the dwellers are recognise, adjust to and obey. Taken together, this mechanism is a candidate for explaining the dynamics of residential segregation in Whitechapel during 1995-2012.

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