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<br>Vulnerable locals deal with a fight to find food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters decline and [short-lived shelters](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) shut.<br>
<br>Nearly 800 individuals have looked for haven in NSW evacuation centres but their status as pop-up homes for some will disappear after the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.<br>
<br>Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' local housing and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has been on the front [lines supporting](https://29sixservices.in/learning-development/) [individuals sleeping](https://29sixservices.in/learning-development/) 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 constant rains inundating the space.<br>
<br>On any offered day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement however showers and laundry centers are out of commission until 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 really difficult attempting to get them any kind of shelter."<br>
<br>She said the homeless were searching for any dry locations they might sleep across a northern NSW area already handling a dire shortage of cost effective real estate.<br>
<br>"We have actually been helping out a whole family sleeping in their vehicle," Ms Kennedy stated.<br>
<br>"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is actually terrible."<br>
<br>The Byron [Shire regional](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) federal [government](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council area in the state, according to a 2024 federal government street count.<br>
<br>"We definitely do have a real estate problem in the Northern Rivers and we need services," Ms [Kennedy](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) said.<br>
<br>[NSW Premier](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) Chris Minns stated evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, health clubs and clubs might not function as a long-term fix to entrenched real estate issues in the area.<br>[weingaertner-it.de](https://weingaertner-it.de/index.php/impressum)
<br>"I am completely conscious of the substantial obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not permanent services ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he stated.<br>
<br>The centres would close in all locations once regional emergency situation orders were raised, Mr Minns included.<br>
<br>"So I wish to apologise in advance but we have to draw a really clear and understood line."<br>[wikisource.org](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_112-10/Division_A/Title_VIII)
<br>More than 10,000 people were under emergency situation warnings in NSW on Monday morning, while 1800 people were isolated by floodwaters.<br>
<br>About 10,000 homes and companies were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in numerous areas.<br>
<br>[Major flood](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) cautions were still in place for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way in other places.<br>
<br>In Pottsville, between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a was amongst the debris that cleaned up after huge swells damaged the coastline for days.<br>
<br>Residents from 17 NSW city government areas who had lost income due to the storm would be [eligible](https://29sixservices.in/services/) for federal disaster relief funds for up to 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.<br>
<br>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the monetary assistance would be backed by mental health services for affected areas.<br>
<br>"We have actually got your back, that's my message to neighborhoods here," he stated from Lismore on Monday.<br>
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