• This new "income" should concern this year a thousand young people without resources, and in particular those who are not currently eligible for existing schemes.

  • It will initially be granted for four months and may reach 500 euros per month.

It is a new social aid that is similar to a “safety net to restore confidence” to the most precarious 18-25 year olds in the territory.

This Monday, the departmental advisers of Loire-Atlantique will decide on the creation from the month of July of the Young Income.

The territory is one of the first to launch in France, while the idea of ​​a basic income is supported by several socialist communities.

Here is what you need to know about this experiment, which should last three years.

Why new help?

This new "income" aims to help young people without resources, and in particular those who are not currently eligible for existing schemes which are sometimes considered complex.

“It's not charity, it's granting them rights even if they are not in the right boxes, justifies Michel Ménard, PS president of the departmental council.

Students who are no longer entitled to scholarships because they have repeated a year, those who have no family support or even those who, like most, are not entitled to RSA.

“A help that is all the more urgent according to him as the health crisis has accentuated the situation.

According to the department, 2,900 young people from Loire-Atlantique were followed by Secours populaire in 2021. In France, almost a quarter of 18-24 year olds live below the poverty line, compared to 13% for all adults.

How it works ?

Described as simple, quick and complementary to the existing one, this allowance can go up to 500 euros per month, with levels of 150 and 300 depending on the situation of each beneficiary, studied by the local missions which will play a central role.

It will first be granted for four months, so that the young person, who benefits from support, has time to carry out their procedures related to employment, housing or health more calmly.

A personalized contract will be formalized in the meantime.

“The aid can then be renewed every three months, until the situation of the young person is restored”, specifies Jérôme Alemany, vice-president of integration and the fight against exclusion in the department.

A budget of 2 million euros must be voted for 2022, with the objective of reaching a thousand young people for this year.

What does the opposition think?

The first criticisms have already been formulated by the departmental advisers of the right and the center, "opposed to this young RSA".

And in particular the fact that this aid could in theory be paid to the same recipient for seven years.

“I don't know anyone who is passively satisfied with a low income, staying in his little studio in front of the TV,” replies Michel Ménard, in favor of a basic income like fifteen of his socialist counterparts.

The opposition also believes that the counterparties required are too vague.

She will propose an amendment so that it is written in black and white that the request is conditional on “social support, registration for training, entry into an apprenticeship course, or a return to studies.

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What future for this experiment?

After consultation with several partners (local missions, popular education federations, child protection actors, etc.), the measure will be monitored by an experimentation committee which will refine or correct it, then report its first assessment in three years.

A sociological study will be conducted in parallel by the University of Nantes to assess the impact of this aid.

Because the objective for the county council is also to convince the State of the usefulness of this device for the establishment of such social support for 18-24 year olds on a national scale.

In the same logic, the departmental council of Gironde or the metropolis of Lyon have also launched their own devices.

That of the department of Haute-Garonne, which proposed to randomly designate the beneficiaries, was meanwhile rejected.

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