Publications

The enforceable right to housing (Dalo) was introduced in the French Law of 5 March, 2007, and is a last resort for applicants who experience serious difficulties with housing. It requires the State to house or rehouse households recognized as eligible, as a matter of priority and urgency, providing...

This report examines four categories of services: home nursing services (SSIADs); multi-purpose home help and care services (SPASADs); special education and home care services (SESSADs); and medico-social support for disabled adults (SAMSAHs). These medico-social structures specialise in care and ho...

Founded in 1989, the Animal Assistance Foundation defends and protects 1800 animals, through a network of 18 clinics, shelters, and retirement homes. With 16 million euros collected in 2019 in the form of donations, bequests and gifts, it draws almost all of its resources - around 96% - from public ...

The main instrument for combating poverty, the active solidarity income (RSA) is now allocated to more than two million households with annual expenditure of €15 billion - the health crisis having increased the risk of precariousness. The report published today assesses the results of this system, w...

In structural terms, the financial stability of the health insurance system has been affected by the ageing population and an increasing share of chronic pathologies in health care expenditure. In addition, the impacts of the health crisis on social security receipts and the increases in remuneratio...

France has, more than its main partners, suffered from the deindustrialisation movement affecting most advanced countries. In recent times, this situation can be explained in large part by the decline in cost competitiveness that its economy suffered between 2000 and 2010, in a context when entry in...

Despite numerous measures resulting from successive reforms, the integration of young people into the labour market remains difficult in our country, and their pathway to employment unsure and rocky. The recent emphasis on more intensive support for young job seekers and apprenticeships, rather than...

Despite national spending on education above the OECD average, the performance of the French school system tends to deteriorate, particularly for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Educational reforms, increased resources, the results of assessments of student achievement have not yet made...

The policy pursued by the Ministry of Culture since its creation has resulted in a tremendous expansion of cultural activity in our country. This policy has also benefited from the growing intervention of local governments, who have relied on decentralization laws to invest in the field of culture a...

Established in Paris between 2019 and 2021, the “crack plan” aims to tackle the problem of crack cocaine, a hard, cheap drug that has been heavily trafficked in the north-east of Paris since the 1990s. This plan was developed by a group of actors who sought to coordinate their actions to address the...