"Here, everything is too expensive": in Île-de-France, living at the minimum wage is almost an impossible mission

2023-09-21T03:56:35.045Z

Highlights: Ile-de-France residents paid minimum wage struggle with cost of living. Valérie Pécresse calls for a minimum wage adapted to the regions. "It would be good because, here, everything is too expensive," says Jimoh, a security guard at the minimum wage who lives in a HLM in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis), with a rent of 600 euros. In the provinces,. Paris, City of Light. But Paris, a very expensive city.

Rent, food, transport... The cost of living is difficult to bear for Ile-de-France residents paid minimum wage. In the provinces,