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Vulnerable homeowners deal with a fight to find food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters decline and short-term shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have sought 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 real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has been on the cutting edge supporting people sleeping rough in flooded zones.

Her job 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 swamping the area.

On any given day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in need but showers and laundry centers run out commission till the flood damage is repaired.

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

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

She stated the homeless were searching for any dry locations they might sleep throughout a northern NSW region already dealing with a dire shortage of inexpensive real estate.

"We've been assisting a whole household sleeping in their car," Ms Kennedy said.

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

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

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

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs might not act as a long-term fix to issues in the region.

"I am fully mindful of the considerable difficulties for real estate in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not long-term options ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he said.

The centres would close in all areas once local emergency situation orders were lifted, Mr Minns added.

"So I wish to apologise beforehand however we need to draw a very clear and understood line."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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