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Vulnerable citizens face a fight to discover food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters decline and momentary shelters shut.

Nearly 800 individuals have looked for haven 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' regional housing and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has been on the front lines supporting individuals sleeping rough in flooded zones.

Her job was made harder on Monday due to damage to Fred's Place, the Tweed Heads drop-in centre where she is based, with constant rains inundating the space.

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

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

"It has actually been really tough trying to get them any kind of shelter."

She stated the homeless were looking for any dry places they might sleep throughout a northern NSW region already handling a dire scarcity of affordable real estate.

"We have actually been helping out a whole household sleeping in their automobile," Ms Kennedy said.

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

The Byron Shire city government area, 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 housing issue in the Northern Rivers and we need solutions," Ms Kennedy said.

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs might not function as a long-lasting repair to established housing issues in the region.

"I am totally mindful of the considerable obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not long-term services ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allotment," he said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial backing would be backed by psychological 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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