Vulnerable citizens face a battle to discover food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters decline and short-term shelters shut.

Nearly 800 individuals have actually 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 supervisor for northeast NSW, has actually 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 consistent rainfall inundating the area.

On any offered day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement but showers and are out of commission up until the flood damage is fixed.

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

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

She stated the homeless were trying to discover any dry places they could sleep throughout a northern NSW region currently handling a dire shortage of budget-friendly real estate.

"We have actually been assisting out an entire household oversleeping their car," Ms Kennedy said.

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

The Byron Shire local federal 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 real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we need services," Ms Kennedy said.

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, health clubs and clubs could not serve as a long-lasting fix to established real estate problems in the region.

"I am fully knowledgeable about the substantial challenges for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not permanent services ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allotment," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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