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Vulnerable locals deal with a battle to discover food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters decline and short-lived shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have 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 real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the cutting edge supporting people 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 constant rainfall flooding 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 up until the flood damage is fixed.

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

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

She said the homeless were trying to find any dry places they could sleep across a northern NSW region currently handling an alarming shortage of budget friendly housing.

"We've been assisting an entire family oversleeping their cars and truck," Ms Kennedy stated.

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

The Byron Shire city government location, 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 real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we require solutions," Ms Kennedy stated.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said evacuation centres established in schools, universities, gyms and clubs might not act as a long-term fix to established housing problems in the region.

"I am fully mindful of the significant obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not long-term options ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he said.

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

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

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

About 10,000 homes and services 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 method somewhere else.

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

Residents from 17 NSW local government areas who had lost earnings due to the storm would be eligible for federal disaster relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was revealed on Monday.

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

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

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