The association calls for structural measures, such as the revaluation of the RSA.
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Containment and pandemic have caused additional fiscal shock in the poorest families, as the measure of Catholic help in its annual report 2020, published on Thursday, November 18: 30% of them suffered losses income and 60% given their expenses, for example a school canteen, increase.
Volunteers of this charitable association have, during the year, met and helped 777,000 people, including nearly half of children, and his report allows a striking dive in the world of poverty, in France : It first affects single-parent families (29%), so children, and foreigners whose share continues to increase, at 46%, or ten points more than in 2015 – among them, a third party are undocumented, another in demand for regularization and the third in good standing.
The situation of persons assisted by Catholic Relief is deteriorating: 46% face unpaid bills, including rent, with an upward debt, from 777 euros on average in 2020, compared with 756 euros in 2019; Nearly one-third of them do not have stable housing, here too, ten points more than in 2010 – an increased rise related to the strong presence of foreigners who have more trouble staying, but not only.
The effectiveness of the measures taken during the pandemic
The conclusion contrasts, at first glance, with INSEE’s data, in its advanced estimate on the year 2020, published on November 5, which observes that the monetary poverty rate remained stable in 2020, compared. at 2019, 14.6% of the population with income below the poverty line (set at 60% of the median income). Thus, 9.5 million people live with less than 1 102 euros per month and per unit of consumption. Government support measures during the pandemic, such as partial work compensation, assistance to self-employed workers and exceptional measures to the poorest, beneficiaries of the RSA and the social minima (150 euros plus 100 euros per child dependent, in May, then November 2020) allowed this stability.
“These measures have been effective and so much better, welcomes Véronique Currency, President of the Catholic Relief. But we receive the poorest people, many of whom pass under the radars of INSEE, including students and households. “Non-ordinary”, homeless and hosted in collective structures. Insee also recognizes that declared, formal revenues, and does not see, in front, expenses, in particular energy and food , which have increased significantly. “Insee agrees, and specifies, in conclusion of its note:” It is possible that the health crisis has had a more marked effect for some of the most fragile people not caught by our investigations ” .
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