Family amputated allowances for 500,000 homes – Le Point

The funeral takes place on Wednesday, without flowers or wreaths. Effective from July 1, the end of the universality of family benefits are now reflected in the amount of allowances received by households. They are first modulated by income: some 485,000 families (10% of beneficiaries by National Family Allowances Fund, CNAF) saw their value fall by 127 euros on average

Defended like. a measure of “social justice” by the government, the decision caused a real uproar right, in unions, family associations and into the ranks of the left. In fact, it is highly symbolic: since the end of World War II, the same amount was paid to all households from two children (129,35 euros before the reform). Opponents of modulation resent the blow to a family policy yet often rented for helping to maintain a fertility rate of two children per woman. They fear, moreover, that the measure would open a Pandora’s box: when the power is means-tested sickness reimbursements

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The government? task as it can to reassure: “For 90% of families, nothing will change,” said recently the Minister of Social Affairs Marisol Touraine before MPs. “The benefits are universal because they are paid to all families,” she added. The Minister emphasizes the creation of childcare places and rising modest and intended for single-parent families (+ 25% and + 50% respectively between 2012 and 2017). Modulation of allocations are expected € 400 million in savings this year and 865 million in a full year.

The families earning more than 6,000 euros net per month see their allowances halved. Above 8000 euros in revenues, they will be divided by four. The modulation thus affects mainly the highest incomes: according to an internal note of the CNAF, more than nine in ten households losing belong to two deciles of standard of living. In order to avoid threshold effects, a declining further be paid to households exceeding one little ceilings. In addition, 154 000 households receiving surcharges to age (children from 14 years), 12% of families who are currently eligible, will be affected by the modulation.

For the losers households, recall Les Echos , the measurement is often added to lower the ceiling family quotient 2 000-1 500 euros, which also aims to bridge the gap of the family branch of social security. 1.38 million families were affected, the newspaper said, and lost an average of 779 euros a year.