Maybe your lease agreement allows for a long notice (to vacate) period which is the 1st step to eviction.As for asking for monetary award, it depends on how likely you can collect any judgement from the tenant. 

Music schools and conservatories award almost 30,000 degrees every year.

(Contract for Deed) The home closed in September of 2010 and the interpreter took over his property in December of 2010 and has had possession of his property ever since until a court recently awarded possession to his wife who received the property by way of a Quit Claim Deed. 

If not deemed by the judge then they might award reduced rent to the tenant.

Any money you put into the property until adverse possession is awarded could be lost if the owner comes back.

By "winning" the eviction, you were awarded a judgment and possession of the property.

The judge will always award the possession order for non-payment here in chicago but getting them out after the possession order is what takes the most time.

Or, you can invest a few hundred now and keep - or even be awarded - a few (hundred) $Thousand later.It's up to you.

I would push to have them charged because in some places (like my state) if they are convicted damages can be awarded as part of the criminal case and collected by the court system for you.

State contracts for road construction are huge and the state loves to award them to local companies.Central Florida is very close to many beaches, Cocoa (45 mi), Daytona (58 mi), New Smyrna (60 mi) and Clearwater (107 mi).