Non-take-up of rights and precariousness in the Brussels Region

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ID16897101
AuthorsLaurence Noël (0000-0002-5390-5415, Ministry of Emergency Situations, corresponding author)
TranslatorsJane Corrigan
Year2021
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrussels Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2031-0293 • E-ISSN: 2031-0293
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/brussels.5593
OpenAlexW3167242572
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Non-take-up of rights and services is a situation in which an eligible person does not benefit from one or more rights to which he or she is entitled. The Brussels Region in particular is confronted with the problem for several fundamental social rights. Analyses of individual situations, people's pathways and legal developments have shown specificities according to the benefits. Several factors emerge: legal changes in the granting and maintenance of social rights, the increase in the number of criteria and procedures to be completed, accessibility procedures and the growing complexity and instability of status in the pathways of people in precarious situations. A significant proportion of beneficiaries are discouraged and some professionals no longer feel able to verify or assert eligibility due to the growing complexity. Finally, the high level of digitalisation of services (public and private) prior to the pandemic which has accelerated since the first lockdown, reinforces the risk of non-take-up while there is a growing need for concrete, human help and simplification, as well as a deterioration of trust between citizens and the state

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Law and economics · Pandemic · Political science · Social rights · Sociology · State (computer science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Law · Social Sciences and Governance

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