Friday, September 30, 2016

The RSA value increased 2% since September 1 – Europe1

The Income of active solidarity (RSA) has increased by 2% as of 1 September, as planned in the framework of the government plan of fight against poverty, according to a decree published in the official Journal on Friday.

An allocation of 535,17 euros. The monthly fee of the RSA (minimum income for persons without resources) thus passes “to a beneficiary, to 535,17 euros from the allowances due in respect of the month of September 2016,” according to this decree. It is the fourth extraordinary increase of the RSA since 2013, the government had decided, in the framework of the multi-year plan of fight against poverty, increase this benefit by 10% over five years, in addition to inflation.

A gain of purchasing power of more than 425 euros for the year. “It represents a gain of more than 110 euros per year for a single person and 227 euros per year for a couple with two children”, stressed in a statement that the minister of social Affairs, Marisol Touraine, welcoming “actions to better protect the French people” and to make the system “clearer and fairer”. Compared to the amount of the RSA in 2013, revaluations successive represent in 2016, a gain in purchasing power of more than 425 euros for the year for a single person and almost € 875 for a couple with two children, according to the minister.

More than 2.5 million households without resources receive the benefit of the RSA. It is open, under certain conditions, to persons aged at least 25 years and people aged 18 to 24 years of age if they are single parents or have a certain period of professional activity. In the field of health, the national plan to combat poverty has also led to 560,000 additional people to benefit from universal health coverage complementary (CMU-C) and 480,000 to receive aid for the acquisition of complementary health (ACS), said the minister in his press release.

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