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Vulnerable homeowners deal with a fight to find food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-lived shelters shut.
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Nearly 800 individuals have sought haven in NSW evacuation but their status as pop-up homes for some will stop to exist after the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.
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Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has been on the front lines supporting people sleeping rough in flooded zones.
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Her task was made harder on Monday due to damage to Fred's Place, the Tweed Heads drop-in centre where she is based, with consistent rains inundating the area.
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On any given day, the [centre serves](https://29sixservices.in/attendance-leave-management/) about 130 hot meals to those in requirement however showers and laundry facilities run out commission up until 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 been truly challenging trying to get them any type of shelter."
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She stated the homeless were trying to find any dry locations they could sleep throughout a northern NSW area already dealing with an alarming lack of economical real estate.
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"We've been assisting a whole family oversleeping their car," Ms Kennedy stated.
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"Seeing them in this horrendous weather condition is truly terrible."
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The Byron Shire city government location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council location in the state, according to a 2024 federal government street count.
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"We absolutely do have a housing issue in the Northern Rivers and we need solutions," Ms Kennedy stated.
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NSW [Premier Chris](https://29sixservices.in/payroll-processing/) Minns said [evacuation centres](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) set up in schools, universities, gyms and clubs might not [function](https://29sixservices.in/services/) as a long-lasting fix to established real estate issues in the area.
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"I am fully familiar with the significant challenges for real estate in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not long-term options ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allowance," he stated.
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The centres would close in all locations once regional emergency situation orders were lifted, Mr Minns included.
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"So I want to apologise beforehand but we need to draw an extremely clear and understood line."
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More than 10,000 individuals were under emergency situation [warnings](https://www.facebook.com/29sixservices) in NSW on Monday early morning, while 1800 people were isolated by [floodwaters](https://29sixservices.in/attendance-leave-management/).
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About 10,000 homes and businesses were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in numerous areas.
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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, between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the particles that cleaned up after big swells damaged the shoreline for days.
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Residents from 17 NSW local [government](https://29sixservices.in/industry/) locations who had lost earnings due to the storm would be [eligible](https://29sixservices.in/manage-resources/) for federal catastrophe relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was [revealed](https://29sixservices.in/about-us/) on Monday.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial backing would be backed by mental health services for affected locations.
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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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