RSA: an increase on July 1?

RSA. The amount of the RSA should be revalued from July 1. What increase? Why ? We tell you everything.

[Mis à jour le 14 juin 2022 à 09h23] Emmanuel Macron had undertaken to revalue the social minima during his presidential campaign, the amount of the RSA should benefit from an increase from July 1, 2022., in the same way as other benefits such asAAH or theaspa. The RSA amount could be revalued by 4% in July to take into account the galloping inflation observed in recent months (5.2% in May over twelve rolling months).

Keep in mind that the reform of the RSA should be announced this summer, in the event of a majority obtained by the group Together! to the National Assembly following the legislative elections on 12th and 19th June next. In other words, the payment of the RSA would be conditional on a minimum of activity on the part of the beneficiaries. A wish widely contested by the opposition, especially on the side of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. This proposal by the Head of State was notably described as “volunteering“. This reform should be part of the purchasing power bill defended by Elisabeth Borne. The counterpart desired by the Head of State has not yet been decided, but it could well be akin to a 20 hours per week Other solutions are put forward such as CV preparation workshops, or even immersions in companies and/or local communities.

Emmanuel Macron wants the RSA to be conditional on a consideration. In this case, a minimum activity qualified as a “duty” by Olivier Dussopt, Minister in charge of Public Accounts. The goal? achieve full employment. A formula hammered out by the LREM camp, and in particular its president Christophe Castaner at the microphone of RMC on March 21: We must provide the means for emancipation. The idea is to revive integration to achieve full employment.” The RSA whose amount reaches €572.52 in France is based on a logic of “rights and duties” according to Gabriel Attal. An idea based on the system of youth engagement contract which makes it possible to support young people who are far from employment with training, work-study programs and role-playing. A device subject to conditions of resources, attendance, and acceptance of the offers of activity made. The Government also ensures that the situation of beneficiaries could be studied on a case-by-case basis. In other words, a single mother with three dependent children, for example, could benefit from different treatment than a young person looking for a job.

• Condition the RSA to a minimum of activity
• Impose 15 to 20 hours of training or work in return for the allowance
• Based on the youth engagement contract system
• achieve full employment

The active solidarity income (RSA) represents a minimum income for people who do not work. It is a social and professional support system to facilitate access to employment or consolidate certain professional capacities when one does not derive, or few resources from his activity. This RSA is based on a simple system of rights and duties. The right to a minimum income or to an income supplement first. Then, the duty to look for a job, or to self-undertake actions in favor of his reintegration. The RSA is open, under certain conditions, to people aged at least 25 and to young workers aged 18 to 24 if they are single parents or have a certain period of professional activity. You do not have to declare the active solidarity income, it is not taxable.

Several associations have been calling for more advantageous conditions for several months now, especially for young workers. As an indication, thehe RSA may concern young working people – we then speak of young RSA for those under 25 -, but they must demonstrate a certain length of professional activity, excluding internship. This is why so many young people find themselves de facto excluded. The government, for its part, preferred to review the universal young guarantee, baptizing it young contract of engagement.

In fact, the family allowance fund (CAF) takes into account the resources of your household as well as a lump sum which varies according to the composition of your household and the number of dependent children. You live alone ? In this case, the fixed amount of the RSA reached 565.34 euros at the beginning of the year and has been revalued following inflation with an amount of 575.52 since May. Are you currently in a couple or a single-parent family? Here are the fixed amounts of the RSA – the one that will therefore serve as the basis for calculating family allowances, it is not the final amount – since April 1:

Regarding the income taken into account by the CAF, it studies the resources collected in the last three months and then establish an average. What resources are taken into account? Bear in mind that unemployment benefits, social security daily allowances, housing allowances and family benefits are taken into account in particular. The family allowance fund has thus established a housing package according to the number of people in your household:

• If you are alone it reaches 67.84 €
• If you are two, it is €135.68
• From three people making up the household, it rises to €167.91.

Inevitably, this housing package reduces the amount of the social benefit.

To obtain these social benefits, you have three options: at your request by Internet on the CAF website, fill out a form with your family allowance fund or the CCAS for example, or send the form by post to your checkout. Cerfa form number 15481 is available here. Are you wondering about the documents to provide? Here is the list :

• A bank account number
• A declaration of pregnancy if you are expecting a child
• Photocopy of your identity card or passport as well as your residence permit if you are not of French nationality

Find all the documents to be provided on page seven of the Cerfa form.

The Family Allowance Fund has made a simulator available to users on its website, at the following address: http://www.caf.fr/allocataires/mes-services-en-ligne/faire-une-simulation. If you are already receiving a CAF family benefit, you are invited to connect to your personal space using your beneficiary number. If not, you have the option of using a simulator. Keep in mind that you will need to have several pieces of information beforehand (number of people in the household, resources for the last 3 months, etc.).

It’s necessary reside in France in a stable, effective manner and be old at least 25 years old. Pupils, students and unpaid trainees are not eligible for the RSA. Single parents are an exception. The RSA also cannot concern people on parental leave, unpaid leave or sabbatical leave. You are not of French nationality? In this case, you must meet a number of residence conditions.

If you are European, you must hold a right of residence in France and have been living for at least three months when you apply or have a declared job in France and be either unemployed, on sick leave, or in training professional. If you are not European, you must have a residence permit allowing you to work in France for at least five years, or hold a residence permit or have refugee status or be recognized as stateless.

This device refers to the active solidarity income intended for single parents. A single parent is a single, divorced, separated or widowed person who has dependent children. The lump sum is increased when you declare a pregnancy or the birth of a child or the care of a child or a separation. The increase cannot last longer than 12 months.

Until 2016, the RSA existed in two different forms. The basic RSA and the activity RSA. Since 2016, the activity RSA has been replaced by the activity bonus. Regarding the RSA base, it is maintained until 2022. On April 1, 2021, the fixed amount of the RSA base was 565.34 euros.

To have this basic RSA, it is necessary to have no resources, or very few. As a self-employed person or part-time worker, it is impossible to benefit from the RSA base. People who do not exercise any activity or who are no longer entitled to unemployment are, for example, eligible. Here are the conditions to access it:

• All people over 25 years old.
• All French and foreigners from the European Union, if they have a residence permit, and from outside the European Union if they have resided in the territory for 5 years and on a regular basis.
• Be a French resident (have a postal address) and not stay outside France for a period of more than three months.
• Do not benefit from any resources

Who is concerned by the young RSA?

Young people under the age of 25 cannot receive the active solidarity income. However, there is an RSA system reserved for young workers, the young RSA. A young person aged 18 to 25 who can prove a certain length of professional activity (salaried activity or not, hour of activity accomplished during a period of unemployment, activity accomplished under a voluntary contract in the army) can perceive it. As for the classic RSA, you must reside in France in a stable and effective way. Please note that periods of compensated unemployment and internships are not considered in the eyes of the CAF as periods of activity.

The calculation formula is identical to that of the so-called classic active solidarity income. The request for RSA young worker cannot be made online on the CAF website. You must do this either directly with your CAF on site, or by post. As a young worker, you must submit two forms: form no. 15481 (or n°15482 if you are self-employed) and the Cerfa No. 14130.

The reference period is the quarter preceding receipt of the RSA. When your application is reviewed, you will receive a notification of award for a period of three months. You must therefore declare your resources each quarter to the CAF. The RSA is paid from the 1st day of the month during which you submitted your application. His payment is monthlyat expired term by your CAF for a period of three months, validated by the CAF.

When the resources of your household are less than 500 euros per month, you must respond to job search obligation. The obligations are listed in your personalized plan for access to employment that you have established with your employment center adviser. As a reminder, it is not possible to refuse more than two reasonable job offers.

The CAF lists three situations in which the active solidarity income can be suspended. Here is the detail:

• You have not complied with your job search obligations if you are a job seeker, or even if you have been removed from the Pôle emploi list of applicants.
• You have been hospitalized in a healthcare facility for more than 60 days or are covered by health insurance: a 50% RSA reduction applies.
• You have been imprisoned for more than 60 days: in this case, the social benefit is suspended.

Bear in mind that the CAF is entitled to claim RSA allowances paid and to which you were not entitled for two years.