For Secours catholique, which has just published its 2024 Poverty Report, the situation of the poorest has worsened, at the national level, but not only. 94% of households met by the association in Ille-et-Vilaine have a standard of living below the poverty line (set at €1,275), for a median income of only €515 per month.
Even more serious, argues Secours catholique, among these, 73% of households live below the extreme poverty threshold, for a median income of only €293 per month. “We have never encountered so many households living without any resources. In 2023, 25.4% of the households encountered are trying to survive thanks to the resourcefulness and support of those who are able to help them,” the report indicates.
One in two people is a woman
In Ille-et-Vilaine, the association noted other sad singularities: almost one person in two welcomed is a woman, compared to 57% nationally, endorsing the idea of greater “feminization of poverty”. The rate of non-use of the RSA reaches 50% among the people met, i.e. 20 points more than at the national level and 48% of the people welcomed of foreign nationalities are without any financial resources; The figure drops to 13% for people of French nationality.
Renunciation of aid
For the poorest, the main difficulties obviously remain food and housing, often followed by the question of isolation and the need to listen. But the report also highlights a new problem, linked to access to administrative procedures in a growing context of dematerialization. Consequence, estimates Catholic Relief: the poorest no longer follow through on files and requests for help, because of this complexity.
“Access to social benefits is becoming a real obstacle course. The dematerialization of procedures, the tightening of eligibility criteria and the complexity of the processes for accessing rights accentuate exclusion. As a result, non-use of social benefits reached 36% for the RSA, or 10% more in 10 years. »
In the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, the action of Secours Catholique is based on the investment of 1,000 volunteers who support nearly 10,000 people in difficulty.
