Expansion of the RSA: Who Will Be Affected by the Reform?
The pilot program making the Active Solidarity Income (RSA) contingent on a minimum of 15 hours of work will be expanded to 29 additional departments starting this year, with the goal of rolling it out nationwide by 2025.
Gabriel Attal announced this decision during a visit to the Vosges on Friday, March 1. Currently, in 18 departments, receipt of the RSA is contingent on completing 15 to 20 hours of training, an internship, or a work placement. This requirement will now be extended to these 29 new departments, bringing the total to 47 departments.
Franceinfo has released the list of affected departments: Haute-Savoie, Rhône, Allier, Cantal, the Territoire de Belfort, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Finistère, Loir-et-Cher, Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Meuse, the European Community of Alsace, Ardennes, Marne, Pas-de-Calais, Oise, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Manche, Seine-Maritime, Charente-Maritime, Vienne, Alpes-Maritimes, Vaucluse, Sarthe, and Guadeloupe.
These departments are in addition to those where this requirement is already in effect for RSA recipients, notably Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loiret, Vosges, Nord, Aisne, Somme, Yvelines, Eure, Creuse, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhône, Loire-Atlantique, Mayenne, Réunion, and the Lyon metropolitan area.
It should be noted that this measure is not necessarily implemented throughout all of the affected territories. Local authorities have the option of limiting its application to specific areas. The requirement that RSA recipients participate in work or training programs is expected to be extended to the entire French territory as of January 1, 2025, following the conclusion of this pilot phase.
