Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (Aspa)
Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa) is a monthly benefit granted to low-income retirees (income and wealth) and living in France. It is paid by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA ...). Its amount varies, depending on whether you live as a couple or not. We present you the information to know.
What applies to you ?
You live as a couple
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General case
You can get Aspa from the age of 65.
You are a veteran/deported/interned or a prisoner of war
You can get the Aspa before age 65.
The age from which you can get it is determined by your year of birth:
Date of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Between 1er January 1963 and March 31, 1965 | 62 years and 9 months |
Between 1er April 1965 and December 31, 1965 | 63 years |
In 1966 | 63 years and 3 months |
In 1967 | 63 years and 6 months |
In 1968 | 63 years and 9 months |
From 1er January 1969 | 64 years |
You are a disabled or disabled person
You can get the Aspa at age 65, or earlier if you meet at least 1 of the following conditions:
- Have a permanent disability rate of at least 50%
- Be recognized as unfit for work and permanently incapacitated by 50%
- Receiving early retirement for disability
Date of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Between 1er January 1963 and March 31, 1965 | 62 years and 9 months |
Between 1er April 1965 and December 31, 1965 | 63 years |
In 1966 | 63 years and 3 months |
In 1967 | 63 years and 6 months |
In 1968 | 63 years and 9 months |
From 1er January 1969 | 64 years |
Amount not to be exceeded
Since 1er january 2026, your couple shall not exceed €1,620.18 gross per month.
Your couple's income is evaluated over the 3 months preceding the start of the Aspa. If they exceed the maximum amount, it is your income from the previous 12 months that is taken into account.
So you can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).
Example :
If your application package is received on May 12, 2026:
- The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1er June 2026 (1er day of the month following receipt of your request)
- Your revenues are those of March, April and May 2026.
- If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, it is your revenues from June 2025 to May 2026 that are taken into account.
Income taken into account
Main types of income | Considered? |
|---|---|
Professional income | Yesbut your income is reduced by the following amount:
|
Maintenance, the amount of which is determined by a court decision | Yes |
Invalidity pension | Yes |
Retirement pensions | Yes |
Income from movable and immovable property | Yes, 3% of their market value fixed on the date of Aspa’s application |
Assets you donated | Yes, under certain conditions |
No, except in special cases | |
Aid in cash or in kind, received from descendants, not determined by a court decision | No |
No | |
No | |
No | |
No | |
Recognition allowance and lifetime allowance for former substitutes and similar | No |
College and High School Scholarships | No |
No | |
Pensions attached to honors (Legion of Honormilitary medal, etc.) | No |
No | |
No | |
No | |
Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is hospitalized for a long period | No |
FYI
it is possible to know the list of all revenue not taken into account for the award of the Aspa.
The rules depend on your nationality:
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You are French
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) in a stable manner. This is the case if you are in one or the other of these situations:
- You have your permanent focus in France. The home is the place where you normally live, that is to say the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France has a permanent character.
- The place of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.
FYI
You can prove your residence in France by any means.
You are a foreigner
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) in a stable manner. This is the case if you are in one or the other of these situations:
- You have your permanent focus in France. The home is the place where you normally live, that is to say the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France has a permanent character.
- The place of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.
FYI
You can prove your residence in France by any means.
You must also be in one of the following situations:
- Either have a residence permit authorizing to work continuously for at least 10 years
- Either be a refugee
- Either be stateless
- Either benefit from the subsidiary protection
- Either fighting for France
- Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland
- Either be Algerian or Andorran or Beninese or Cape Verdean or Congolese (Republic of Congo) or Gabonese or Israeli or Malagasy or Malian or Moroccan or Monegasque or Senegalese or Togolese or Turkish or Tunisian, under certain conditions
The situation differs depending on whether you are receiving a single retirement pension, or several, or none:
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You have only one pension
You must file your application with the organization that pays you your pension.
Retirement paid by the Social Security
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you may have exercised as:
- Employee
- Head of company, partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
Pension paid by the MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to the MSA.
Pension paid by the pension fund for civil servants
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
Pension paid by the pension fund for territorial and hospital civil servants
You must request by mail the Aspa application form at the CNRACL: titleContent :
Who shall I contact
You have several pensions (polypensioner)
You must submit your application in the following order of priority:
- The non-wage earner farm plan, if you are receiving a pension from that plan and if you are a farmer on the date of your SPA application.
- Under the general plan, if you receive your pension from that plan.
- To the organization that pays you the highest pension on the date of your SPA application.
Scheme for self-employed farmers
You must complete the Aspa application form:
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to the MSA.
General scheme
This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities you may have carried out as:
- Employee, head of company, collaborating spouse, craftsman, trader and industrialist, ...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
You don't have any pensions
Reminder
If you do not yet receive your retirement pension, your application must be made to the fund that will pay you the pension when you retire.
If you are not entitled to receive a retirement pension, you must fill out this form and then submit it to your town hall:
Aspa application (applicant without pension)
FYI
You can also obtain this form by asking your town hall.
The situation differs depending on whether 2 people, or only 1 person, receive the Aspa:
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2 people receive the Aspa
When the 2 members of the couple receive the Aspa, the maximum total amount paid is €1,620.18 per month, or €19,442.21 maximum per year (gross amounts).
The amount paid to your couple is equal to the difference between €1,620.18 and the amount of income per month of your couple.
Example :
If your couple's income is €1,000 per month, the monthly amount of the Aspa is calculated as follows:
€1,620.18 - €1,000 = €620.18 per month.
1 person receives the Aspa
When only one member of your couple receives the Aspa, the maximum amount paid is €1,043.59 per month, or €12,523.14 maximum per year (gross amounts).
Couple's income (per month) | Aspa amount (per month) |
|---|---|
Up to €576.59 | €1,043.59 |
More than €576.59 and until €1,620.18 | Difference between €1,620.18 and the amount of the couple's income |
Greater than €1,620.18 | The Aspa is not paid |
The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA...).
It shall be paid at the earliest from 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.
When you receive the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in your situation (amount of income, family situation or place of residence).
The SPA can be recovered after the death of the person who received the SPA, only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of the estate, net of debts and expenses, such as taxes, rents and funerals payable) are at least equal to a certain amount.
This amount depends on where you live:
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In metropolitan France
When death occurs in 2026, the Aspa shall be recovered only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of the assets minus debts) is at least equal to €108,586.14.
If the net assets of the estate are less than these amounts, there is no clawback.
FYI
If the net assets of the estate include farm capital or inseparable buildings, their value shall not be taken into account.
Amounts are recovered, within an annual limit, on the portion of net assets that exceeds €108,586.14.
Please note
You can know the amount from which the Aspa is recovered, where death has occurred previously.
In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion
When death occurs in 2026, the Aspa shall be recovered only if the net assets of the estate is at least equal to €150,000.
FYI
If the net assets of the estate include farm capital or inseparable buildings, their value shall not be taken into account.
Amounts are recovered, within an annual limit, on the portion of net assets that exceeds €150,000.
Please note
You can know the amount from which the Aspa is recovered, where death has occurred previously.
You live alone
The persons concerned are the following:
- Single
- Widow
- War widow
- Divorced
- Separated from the body (person authorized by a judgment to reside separately, without terminating their marriage)
- De facto separated (person with a principal residence each).
Example :
A retired person living with his or her daughter (adult or minor) is considered to be living alone.
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General case
You can get Aspa from the age of 65.
You are a veteran/deported/interned or a prisoner of war
You can get the Aspa before age 65.
The age from which you can get it is determined by your year of birth:
Date of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Between 1er January 1963 and March 31, 1965 | 62 years and 9 months |
Between 1er April 1965 and December 31, 1965 | 63 years |
In 1966 | 63 years and 3 months |
In 1967 | 63 years and 6 months |
In 1968 | 63 years and 9 months |
From 1er January 1969 | 64 years |
You are a disabled or disabled person
You can get the Aspa at age 65, or earlier if you meet at least 1 of the following conditions:
- Have a permanent disability rate of at least 50%
- Be recognized as unfit for work and permanently incapacitated by 50%
- Receiving early retirement for disability
Date of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Between 1er January 1963 and March 31, 1965 | 62 years and 9 months |
Between 1er April 1965 and December 31, 1965 | 63 years |
In 1966 | 63 years and 3 months |
In 1967 | 63 years and 6 months |
In 1968 | 63 years and 9 months |
From 1er January 1969 | 64 years |
Amount not to be exceeded
If your income exceeds a maximum amount, you are not entitled to the Aspa.
Since 1er january 2026, the amount not to be exceeded is €1,043.59 gross per month.
FYI
If you are a war widow, another maximum amount applies.
Your income is evaluated over the 3 months preceding the starting point of the Aspa. If they exceed the maximum amount, it is your income from the previous 12 months that is taken into account.
So you can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).
Example :
If your application package is received on May 12, 2026:
- The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1er June 2026 (1er day of the month following receipt of your request)
- Your revenues are those of March, April and May 2026.
- If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, it is your revenues from June 2025 to May 2026 that are taken into account.
Income taken into account
Main types of income | Considered? |
|---|---|
Professional income | Yesbut your income is reduced by the following amount:
|
Maintenance, the amount of which is determined by a court decision | Yes |
Invalidity pension | Yes |
Retirement pensions | Yes |
Income from movable and immovable property | Yes, for 3% of their market value fixed on the date of Aspa’s application |
Assets you donated | Yes, under certain conditions |
No, except in special cases | |
Aid in cash or in kind, received from descendants, not determined by a court decision | No |
No | |
No | |
No | |
No | |
Recognition allowance and lifetime allowance for former substitutes and similar | No |
College and High School Scholarships | No |
Third-party surcharge (TPM) | No |
Pensions attached to honors (Legion of Honor, military medal ...) | No |
No | |
No | |
No | |
Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is hospitalized for a long period | No |
FYI
It is possible to know the list of all revenue not taken into account for the award of the Aspa. If they're not on that list, all other types of income are taken into account.
The rules depend on your nationality:
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You are French
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) in a stable manner. This is the case if you are in one or the other of these situations:
- You have your permanent focus in France. The home is the place where you normally live, that is to say the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France has a permanent character.
- The place of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.
FYI
You can prove your residence in France by any means.
You are a foreigner
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) in a stable manner. This is the case if you are in one or the other of these situations:
- You have your permanent focus in France. The home is the place where you normally live, that is to say the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France has a permanent character.
- The place of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.
FYI
You can prove your residence in France by any means.
You must also be in one of the following situations:
- Either have a residence permit authorizing to work continuously for at least 10 years
- Either be a refugee
- Either be stateless
- Either benefit from the subsidiary protection
- Either fighting for France
- Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland
- Either be Algerian or Andorran or Beninese or Cape Verdean or Congolese (Republic of Congo) or Gabonese or Israeli or Malagasy or Malian or Moroccan or Monegasque or Senegalese or Togolese or Turkish or Tunisian, under certain conditions
The situation differs depending on whether you are receiving a single retirement pension, or several, or none:
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You have only one pension
You must file your application with the organization that pays you your pension.
Retirement paid by the Social Security
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you may have exercised as:
- Employee
- Head of company, partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
Pension paid by the MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to the MSA.
Pension paid by the pension fund for civil servants
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
Pension paid by the pension fund for territorial and hospital civil servants
You must request by mail the Aspa application form at the CNRACL: titleContent :
Who shall I contact
You have several pensions (polypensioner)
You must submit your application in the following order of priority:
- The non-wage earner farm plan, if you are receiving a pension from that plan and if you are a farmer on the date of your SPA application.
- Under the general plan, if you receive your pension from that plan.
- To the organization that pays you the highest pension on the date of your SPA application.
Scheme for self-employed farmers
You must complete the Aspa application form:
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to the MSA.
General scheme
This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities you may have carried out as:
- Employee, head of company, collaborating spouse, craftsman, trader and industrialist, ...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Applying for Aspa with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac
You must send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the leaflet attached to the form), to your pension fund.
You don't have any pensions
Reminder
If you do not yet receive your retirement pension, your application must be made to the fund that will pay you the pension when you retire.
If you are not entitled to receive a retirement pension, you must fill out this form and then submit it to your town hall:
Aspa application (applicant without pension)
FYI
You can also obtain this form by asking your town hall.
The maximum amount allocated per month is €1,043.59, or €12,523.14 maximum per year (gross amounts).
The amount allocated to you is equal to the difference between the maximum amount per month of the Aspa (€1,043.59) and the amount of your income per month.
Example :
If your income is €800 per month, the amount of the Aspa is determined as follows:
€1,043.59 - €800 = €243.59 per month.
The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA...).
It shall be paid at the earliest from 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.
When you receive the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in your situation (amount of income, family situation or place of residence).
The SPA can be recovered after the death of the person who received the SPA, only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of the estate, net of debts and expenses, such as taxes, rents and funerals payable) are at least equal to a certain amount.
This amount depends on where you live:
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In metropolitan France
When death occurs in 2026, the Aspa shall be recovered only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of the assets minus debts) is at least equal to €108,586.14.
If the net assets of the estate are less than these amounts, there is no clawback.
FYI
If the net assets of the estate include farm capital or inseparable buildings, their value shall not be taken into account.
Amounts are recovered, within an annual limit, on the portion of net assets that exceeds €108,586.14.
Please note
You can know the amount from which the Aspa is recovered, where death has occurred previously.
In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion
When death occurs in 2026, the Aspa shall be recovered only if the net assets of the estate is at least equal to €150,000.
FYI
If the net assets of the estate include farm capital or inseparable buildings, their value shall not be taken into account.
Amounts are recovered, within an annual limit, on the portion of net assets that exceeds €150,000.
Please note
You can know the amount from which the Aspa is recovered, where death has occurred previously.
Who can help me?
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