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Vulnerable locals face a battle to [discover food](https://29sixservices.in/attendance-leave-management/) and [someplace](https://29sixservices.in/attendance-leave-management/) dry to sleep when flood waters decline and short-term shelters shut.
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Nearly 800 people have actually sought 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.
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Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional housing and homelessness supervisor for northeast NSW, has been on the front [lines supporting](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) individuals sleeping rough in flooded zones.
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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 constant rains [inundating](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) the space.
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On any given day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement but showers and laundry facilities are out of [commission](https://29sixservices.in/payroll-processing/) till the flood damage is repaired.
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"It has actually been a horrendous time for the homeless community," Ms Kennedy told AAP.
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"It has actually been really difficult trying to get them any kind of shelter."
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She stated the homeless were searching for any dry places they could sleep throughout a northern NSW region already dealing with a dire lack of economical housing.
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"We have actually been assisting out a whole household oversleeping their car," Ms Kennedy said.
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"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is truly horrible."
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The [Byron Shire](https://29sixservices.in/learning-development/) city government location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council area in the state, according to a 2024 government street count.
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"We absolutely do have a real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we need services," Ms Kennedy stated.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns said evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs might not act as a long-lasting repair to problems in the region.
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"I am totally knowledgeable about the significant challenges for real estate in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not long-term options ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allotment," he said.
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The centres would close in all locations once local emergency situation orders were lifted, Mr Minns added.
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"So I desire to apologise beforehand but we need to draw a very clear and understood line."
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More than 10,000 individuals were under emergency situation [cautions](https://29sixservices.in/) in NSW on Monday morning, while 1800 people were separated by floodwaters.
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About 10,000 homes and companies were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in lots of locations.
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Major flood warnings were still in location for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way elsewhere.
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In Pottsville, in between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the particles that washed up after big swells damaged the coastline for days.
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Residents from 17 NSW local federal government areas who had lost [earnings](https://29sixservices.in/) due to the storm would be eligible for federal catastrophe relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the monetary support would be backed by mental health services for impacted areas.
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"We have actually got your back, that's my message to communities here," he stated from Lismore on Monday.
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