Many families are out of their homes after Jacksonville's code inspectors went in and shut down portions of a troubled apartment complex Tuesday.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the city of Jacksonville on Tuesday morning sent their Drug Abatement Response Team to Shannon Ridge Apartments in the 5100 block of Shenandoah Avenuea in Northwest Jacksonville.

Eight of 19 buildings and a total of 63 apartment units were condemned. There were 36 households seeking temporary assistance from the city after being displaced.

Inspectors went into apartments to inspect the structural code of each unit. They didn't have warrants, so they had to receive permission from residents.

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