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Vulnerable locals face a battle to find food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-lived shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have looked for refuge 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' local housing and homelessness supervisor for northeast NSW, has actually been on the front lines supporting individuals sleeping rough in flooded zones.

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

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

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

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

She stated the homeless were looking for any dry locations they might sleep across a region currently dealing with an alarming lack of affordable real estate.

"We've been assisting a whole household sleeping in their cars and truck," Ms Kennedy stated.

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

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

"We absolutely do have a real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we require services," Ms Kennedy said.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs could not act as a long-term fix to established real estate issues in the area.

"I am totally conscious of the considerable difficulties for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not permanent options ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he stated.

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

"So I want to apologise beforehand but we have to draw a very clear and understood line."

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

About 10,000 homes and services were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in numerous locations.

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

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

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

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

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

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