The metropolis of Lyon will set up in June its "
youth solidarity income
" intended for 18-24 year olds in a precarious situation who do not benefit from other aid, announced Thursday, March 11, its president Bruno Bernard.
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The device, with a budget of 10 million euros for the year 2021, could concern some 2,000 young people who will receive a monthly aid of 300 to 400 euros for a maximum cumulative duration of two years.
Seen as transitory, this allowance must be accompanied by assistance in returning to work.
"
From the month of July
" and the arrival of environmentalists at the management of the metropolis, "
we proposed to the government to experiment with a youth RSA in the territory.
The government did not want to do it,
”lamented the elected EELV to the press.
He nevertheless recognized that "
government measures are going in the right direction, in terms of apprenticeship or even the Youth Guarantee which works but only concerns less than 10% of young people
".
The RSJ "
has the objective of serving as a relief, a safety net, for young people in precariousness who do not benefit from any device, so that they do not fall into very great precariousness
", he added. , ensuring that this allocation does not aim to compete with other aids.
Thus, those who benefit from other allowances (RSA, disability, Youth Guarantee, etc.) or students, the most precarious of whom benefit from state aid (scholarships or emergency aid), will not be eligible.
"
We have nearly 23% of young people under the age of 30 living below the poverty line in the metropolis, and we know that the Covid-19 epidemic is making things worse,
" Bruno Bernard said.
“
It's a national issue.
I find it shocking on the part of the Minister of Labor to want to oppose integration and emergency aid, because, if there are existing mechanisms, there are a lot of blind spots and young people who find themselves without any possibility.
", He continued, referring to a column published at the end of February by Élisabeth Borne in which she argued that"
an RSA for 18-25 year olds is not an answer
".
“
There are more and more young people sleeping rough, school dropouts, former scholarship students who cannot find a job.
There are a lot of cases without a solution…
”, he added, betting on the fact that the RSA young people will be“
a subject
”of the next presidential election in 2022.“
All young people are looking for a solution, a job.
No one has a life project to stay at the RSA,
”he insisted.
The RSJ must be voted on at the Metropolitan Council of March 15, for the first payments scheduled for June.