No Response From Tenant & No March Payment

[Devan R.]

My wife and I own a quad plex in Jacksonville, Fl. All four units are currently under HUD (Section 8). One of the tenants, assistance from HUD, was terminated effective, February 28th, this year.

We have been unable to get in contact with this tenant by phone (going straight to voicemail) and we have left several notices on the front door. Other tenants have informed us they have seen this tenant in the unit.

I will like to move forward with eviction however I know the eviction moratorium got extended. Since the tenant has not responded to us, I feel that I can at least attempt to enter the unit with law enforcement to do a health and welfare check to see what's going on in this unit since this tenant is not contacting us.

I'm looking for any way to treat this situation at the moment. We are long distance landlords as we live in South Florida. I plan to drive up this Friday and check on the place as I will like to get this tenant out and assess any damage and prepare for cleanup/any damages and prepare for new tenant possibly.

Thanks in advance for any counseling in how to handle this situation.