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Vulnerable homeowners face a battle to find food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters decline and short-term shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have actually looked for sanctuary in NSW evacuation centres however their status as pop-up homes for some will disappear after the effect of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' local housing and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the cutting edge supporting people 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 the area.

On any provided day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in need but showers and laundry facilities run out commission up until the flood damage is repaired.

"It has actually been a horrendous time for the homeless community," Ms Kennedy told AAP.

"It has actually been truly challenging trying to get them any type of shelter."

She said the homeless were looking for any dry locations they might sleep across a northern NSW region currently dealing with a dire shortage of budget-friendly housing.

"We have actually been assisting out a whole household oversleeping their automobile," Ms Kennedy stated.

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is really horrible."

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

"We absolutely do have a housing problem in the Northern Rivers and we require services," Ms Kennedy stated.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said evacuation centres established in schools, universities, gyms and clubs might not function as a long-lasting fix to entrenched real estate problems in the area.

"I am fully familiar with the significant difficulties for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not irreversible solutions ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he stated.

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

"So I wish to apologise in advance however we have to draw a really clear and understood line."

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

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

Major flood cautions were still in location for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way in other places.

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

Residents from 17 NSW city government areas who had lost income due to the storm would be qualified for federal disaster relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial assistance would be backed by psychological health services for affected locations.

"We've got your back, that's my message to communities here," he said from Lismore on Monday.

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