RSA, AAH, minimum old age… How much will these social benefits be increased in 2027?

If the 2027 draft budgets of the State and Social Security provide for a freeze on family allowances, APL and the activity bonus, other social benefits will however be increased next year. The social minimums, namely the active solidarity income (RSA), the allowance for disabled adults (AAH) and the solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa), will in fact be preserved from this freeze. But by how much will this aid be increased?

In its October report, which has just been published, the Social Security Accounts Commission (CCSS) gives an initial estimate. It provides for an increase in the RSA and the AAH "of 2.3% on April 1 in application of the indexation rules in force", in a context of accelerating inflation in 2026 - after +0.8% in 2026. This rate is the result of the regulatory formula, indexed on the evolution of the average consumer price excluding tobacco from February 2026 to January 2027 compared to that of the previous twelve months.

As the year 2026 is not over, the CCSS provides the estimate of 2.3%, assuming inflation of 2.1% in 2026, after 0.9% in 2025. Applying this estimate, the RSA would increase in April 2027, for a single person, from 651.69 euros to 666.68 euros. As for the AAH, at full rate, it would increase from 1041.59 euros to 1065.55 euros.

The final rate of revaluation of the RSA and the AAH will depend on the evolution of inflation until January. The increase will only appear on the beneficiaries' account from the payment in May 2027. Towards an increase in the Aspa of 1.7% With regard to the Aspa (ex-minimum old age), a retirement supplement which brings the resources of over 65s up to a guaranteed amount, it no longer follows the same indexation schedule since 2019.

Since this date, it has been revalued on January 1, at the same time as retirement pensions. For 2027, the CCSS forecasts an increase of 1.7% - after +0.9% in 2026 -, with unchanged rules compared to previous years. Or by taking into account the change in the average value of the consumer price index excluding tobacco calculated over the period from November 2025 to October 2026.

Enough to bring Aspa from 1043.59 euros to around 1061 euros per month for a single person. The CCSS report specifies that these projections are established “before the measures of the financing law” of Social Security for 2027. In theory, the increase estimated at 2.3% therefore also concerns family benefits (family allowances, family supplement, education allowance for disabled children, etc.).

But the 2027 Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) plans to freeze them, and therefore maintain them at their 2026 level. Article 74 of the State finance bill (PLF) also contains the freezing of the activity bonus and APL. A measure on which the deputies voted against, Wednesday November 4, before rejecting the entire “” part of the PLF the same day.

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