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Vulnerable residents deal with a fight to find food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters recede and temporary shelters shut.

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

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' local 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 consistent rainfall swamping the area.

On any provided day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement however showers and are out of commission until the flood damage is repaired.

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

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

She stated the homeless were trying to discover any dry places they might sleep across a northern NSW area currently handling an alarming lack of inexpensive real estate.

"We've been assisting an entire household oversleeping their vehicle," Ms Kennedy said.

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

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

"We definitely do have a real estate problem in the Northern Rivers and we require solutions," Ms Kennedy stated.

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

"I am fully aware of the considerable obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not permanent services ... 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 lifted, Mr Minns included.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the monetary support would be backed by mental health services for impacted locations.

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

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