Tenant won't leave after lease due to COVID

[Jason Mileham]

Sorry if this has already been talked about, I did a search and I didn't see anything.  I'm actually asking for a friend of mine who lives in Miami Florida who came to me for some advice.   He is in the military reserves and recently returned from a period of duty that lasted a bit over a year.  During that time he rented out his condo that he owns to help cover the mortgage. He had a lease with the tenant and everything went well while he was gone, but now that he's back and the lease is over, the tenant is refusing to leave.   They are claiming they can't move because of COVID-19, even though lots of apartments in the same building are open for rent and a very similar price.

He's in an interesting position because the tenant won't leave, and he can't evict them because of the COVID-19 restrictions.  The tenant knows this and has stopped returning his calls and isn't paying him anymore.  Now he's in a situation where he can't move back into his primary residence, so he is paying both his mortgage and rent at another unit that he is staying at. 

My advice was to talk to a real estate attorney but I doubt he will until he actually has to evict them. I also recommended to maybe try and work with the tenant and find a way to keep them paying until evictions come back, but I'm wondering if anyone else has any other ideas.