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Vulnerable citizens deal with a battle to find food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters decline and temporary shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have looked for refuge in NSW evacuation centres but their status as pop-up homes for some will stop to exist after the effect of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional real estate 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 rains swamping the space.

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

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

"It has actually been truly difficult attempting to get them any type of shelter."

She stated the homeless were attempting to find any dry locations they could sleep throughout a northern NSW area currently handling an alarming lack of budget friendly housing.

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

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather condition is truly awful."

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

"We definitely do have a housing issue in the Northern Rivers and we require solutions," Ms Kennedy stated.

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

"I am totally conscious of the considerable obstacles for real estate in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not irreversible services ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he said.

The centres would close in all locations once orders were lifted, Mr Minns added.

"So I wish to apologise in advance but we need to draw a very clear and understood line."

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

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the financial assistance would be backed by mental health services for impacted locations.

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

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