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

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

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

Her task 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 flooding the space.

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

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

"It has been really difficult trying to get them any type of shelter."

She stated the homeless were searching for any dry places they might sleep across a northern NSW area currently dealing with an alarming scarcity of inexpensive real estate.

"We have actually been assisting a whole household oversleeping their car," Ms Kennedy said.

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

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

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

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres established in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs could not serve as a long-term fix to entrenched real estate problems in the area.

"I am fully aware of the considerable difficulties for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not long-term services ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he stated.

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

"So I wish to apologise ahead of time however we need to draw an extremely clear and understood line."

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

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

Major flood cautions were still in location 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 particles that washed up after big swells battered the shoreline for days.

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

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

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

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