During 2023-24 Nautilus Housing continued to house and support vulnerable, homeless adults from diverse backgrounds, with a wide variety of support needs. The company consolidated the services it provides across Birmingham, Dudley and Solihull, with no increase in bed spaces. The landscape around supported housing in Birmingham is difficult at the moment so significant expansion was not planned for this year. Forward planning during the year means potentially significant developments in 2023-25. During the year Nautilus Birmingham services remained largely unchanged, continuing its support for women fleeing Domestic Abuse, women with no recourse to public funds along with a small number of older men and those with a history of rough sleeping. The goal remains to house and support them for up to one year and then help them move on to more permanent accommodation. This move on strategy has had some success with a number of women in particular being rehoused into more appropriate accommodation. In Dudley the service remained aimed at the general homeless population, mainly referred by local statutory and voluntary services. In Solihull Nautilus continues to mainly house younger people referred from the Local Authority or the St Basils Youth Hub. Occupancy at all houses remains very high with referrals outstripping beds available throughout the year. This helps confirm the need for the services that Nautilus provides and the goal is to increase these numbers as and when possible. Overall during the year Nautilus housed and supported around 90 people who otherwise could have ended up on the streets or in sub-standard accommodation without any assistance. In terms of partnerships Nautilus continues to have a close relationship with Birmingham and Solihull Woman’s Aid and Birmingham City Councils Adult and Social Care Department. In Dudley, the relationship with the Local Authorities Homeless Department has continued and in Solihull we are working in partnership with St Basils Youth Hub. We have also had very positive interactions with Birmingham’s quality monitoring team who have visited a number of our properties and spoken with residents. All these have had good outcomes, with none of our services causing them any concerns. In terms of income generation rents in both Dudley and Birmingham have been increased which has helped us meet our increasing costs. Rents in Solihull will be increase in 2024-25. Nautilus continues to benefit the community in a number of ways: - Housing Women fleeing domestic abuse locally, who might have otherwise had to move away from their own communities - Maintaining properties to a high standard, thus adding to the community in a way which not all private landlords do - Working with residents to be part of their local community and to use local community services - Helping residents get back into work and training - Reducing the number of homeless people on the streets in Solihull, Birmingham and Dudley.

Stakeholders are: Referral agents Residents Neighbours and the local community BCC/Dudley/Solihull Councils (funding) Birmingham’s Quality Monitoring Team Birmingham and Solihull Woman’s Aid St Basils Youth HUB in Solihull Nautilus consults with its residents during their stay with us, when they leave the service and through an annual survey. The way we deliver the support service has been reviewed and most residents are happy with what is being delivered. We do not formally consult with neighbours but do have a regular dialogue with them, especially over any contentious issues or ASB. We speak to key referral agents on a regular basis, though have not yet introduced formal consultation with them about the level of service we provide. We attend and contribute to the newly established private landlord’s forum within Birmingham Housing Benefit. We have also become a regular contributor to the Supported Exempt Accommodation Forum of like-minded providers through the attendance of our CEO. This forum is fast becoming the voice of the sector in Birmingham and our CEO is a significant figure in this.

The directors’ remuneration is £14,400.

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