These “related rights” to social minima which weigh heavily on modest budgets

At a time when Emmanuel Macron wants to establish solidarity at the source – to automatically pay social aid to their beneficiaries – and reform the RSA by adding 15 to 20 hours of compulsory activity, a very interesting study by Insee underlines the weight, for low-income households, ofrelated rightsto social minima which complicate their return to common law.

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Being a recipient of social minima such as the RSA makes it possible to access related rights, “extensive set of secondary social aids“. Aid which can be national (Christmas bonus, exemption from TV license fee, reduction on the telephone bill, energy check, complementary health solidarity, etc.) but also allocated at the local level by the municipalities, departments or regions. And this via reduced rates for canteens, leisure centres, holidays, transport or even the management of unpaid bills, free admission to the swimming pool or the museum, etc.

If these aids are individually…