Restore Hope Ministries is going through thousands of applications for rent assistance as a major deadline approaches. Officials have to spend the COVID-19 relief money by Wednesday, Dec. 30. Restore Hope Ministries has helped with rent assistance for 25 years. Executive director Jeff Jaynes said last year they paid $305,000 to help people stay in their homes. “’Honestly,’ I said, ‘that’s not sustainable.’ We can’t keep that up,” Jaynes said. Jaynes said they have paid $3.3 million since May 1.