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+<br>Vulnerable residents face a fight to find food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-lived shelters shut.<br>
+<br>Nearly 800 people have looked for refuge in NSW evacuation centres but their status as pop-up homes for some will disappear after the effect of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.<br>
+<br>Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the cutting edge supporting people sleeping rough in flooded zones.<br>
+<br>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 rains inundating the space.<br>
+<br>On any provided day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in need however showers and laundry facilities are out of commission till the flood damage is repaired.<br>
+<br>"It has been a horrendous time for the homeless community," Ms Kennedy informed AAP.<br>
+<br>"It has been truly tough trying to get them any type of shelter."<br>
+<br>She stated the homeless were searching for any [dry locations](https://29sixservices.in/services/) they might sleep across a northern NSW area currently handling an alarming lack of budget-friendly housing.<br>
+<br>"We've been assisting a whole household sleeping in their cars and truck," Ms Kennedy said.<br>
+<br>"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is actually horrible."<br>
+<br>The [Byron Shire](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) [city government](https://29sixservices.in/payroll-processing/) location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council location in the state, according to a 2024 government street count.<br>
+<br>"We absolutely do have a real estate problem in the Northern Rivers and we require options," Ms Kennedy stated.<br>
+<br>[NSW Premier](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) Chris Minns said evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs might not serve as a [long-lasting](https://29sixservices.in/) fix to [established real](https://29sixservices.in/industry/) estate problems in the region.<br>
+<br>"I am completely knowledgeable about the considerable difficulties for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not permanent services ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allotment," he stated.<br>
+<br>The [centres](https://29sixservices.in/industry/) would close in all [locations](https://29sixservices.in/learning-development/) once [local emergency](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) orders were lifted, Mr Minns added.<br>
+<br>"So I desire to apologise in advance but we need to draw a really clear and understood line."<br>
+<br>More than 10,000 people were under emergency situation cautions in NSW on Monday morning, while 1800 individuals were isolated by floodwaters.<br>
+<br>About 10,000 homes and organizations were still not connected to power as  continued to fall in numerous areas.<br>
+<br>Major flood warnings were still in place for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way somewhere else.<br>
+<br>In Pottsville, in between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the debris that washed up after substantial swells battered the shoreline for days.<br>
+<br>Residents from 17 NSW city government locations who had actually lost earnings due to the storm would be qualified for federal catastrophe relief funds for up to 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.<br>
+<br>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial backing would be backed by mental health services for impacted locations.<br>
+<br>"We have actually got your back, that's my message to neighborhoods here," he said from Lismore on Monday.<br>
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