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Vulnerable citizens face a battle to discover food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-lived shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have actually sought haven in NSW evacuation centres but their status as pop-up homes for some will disappear after the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the front lines supporting individuals sleeping rough in flooded zones.

Her job was made harder on Monday due to harm to Fred's Place, the Tweed Heads drop-in centre where she is based, with continuous rainfall inundating the area.

On any provided day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement but showers and laundry centers are out of commission till the flood damage is repaired.

"It has been a horrendous time for the homeless neighborhood," Ms Kennedy informed AAP.

"It has actually been actually challenging attempting to get them any kind of shelter."

She stated the homeless were searching for any dry places they could sleep across a northern NSW area currently handling a dire scarcity of budget friendly housing.

"We have actually been assisting a whole family sleeping in their car," Ms Kennedy said.

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is truly dreadful."

The Byron Shire local federal government area, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council area in the state, according to a 2024 government street count.

"We definitely do have a real estate problem in the Northern Rivers and we need solutions," Ms Kennedy stated.

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres established in schools, universities, health clubs and clubs might not act as a long-lasting fix to estate problems in the region.

"I am completely knowledgeable about the considerable difficulties for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not long-term solutions ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he said.

The centres would close in all areas once regional emergency orders were raised, Mr Minns included.

"So I want to apologise ahead of time however we have to draw a very clear and understood line."

More than 10,000 individuals were under emergency situation cautions in NSW on Monday early morning, while 1800 people were separated by floodwaters.

About 10,000 homes and organizations were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in many areas.

Major flood warnings were still in place for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way somewhere else.

In Pottsville, in between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the particles that cleaned up after substantial swells damaged the coastline for days.

Residents from 17 NSW regional federal government locations who had actually lost income due to the storm would be eligible for federal catastrophe relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the monetary support would be backed by mental health services for impacted areas.

"We have actually got your back, that's my message to neighborhoods here," he stated from Lismore on Monday.

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