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

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

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 continuous rainfall swamping the space.

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 fixed.

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

"It has actually 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 area currently handling a dire shortage of economical housing.

"We have actually been assisting a whole family oversleeping their cars and truck," Ms Kennedy said.

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is really 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 definitely do have a real estate problem in the Northern Rivers and we need options," Ms Kennedy stated.

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

"I am fully familiar with the significant obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not irreversible options ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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 cleaned up after huge swells battered the coastline for days.

Residents from 17 NSW city government areas who had lost earnings due to the storm would be qualified for federal disaster relief funds for up to 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the monetary assistance would be backed by psychological health services for affected areas.

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

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