Laid-off restaurant server Juan Pablo Alberto Murillo-Gonzalez has run out of options but to wait for the day police tack an eviction notice to his Miami Design Place apartment door.

He would collect his belongings and what's left from $300 he borrowed from a friend and try to find a place, although that likely would be his car, Murillo-Gonzalez said.

The 42-year-old lost his job as a downtown restaurant server at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March when eateries closed to stop the virus spread. Now he is one of 29 Design Place households owner SPV Realty LC has sued to evict, filing as the pandemic rages.

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Lidia Dinkova

Lidia Dinkova covers South Florida real estate for the Daily Business Review. Contact her at [email protected] or 305-347-6665. On Twitter @LidiaDinkova.