Bust: My Family's Debt (Poverty Documentary) | Real Stories

Bust is an intimate portrait of families struggling to cope with personal debts as the credit crunch unfolds.Tracy and Melvyn bought their council house on a low interest mortgage, but with rates soaring they’re now in trouble.Michael is struggling to afford the help he needs to cope with his lung and heart disease.Maria is a social worker who took out a loan when she could easily afford the repayments. Now on maternity leave - her creditors are threatening to send in the bailiffs.We follow these families over a year as they struggle to cope, and battle through the bureaucracy of bankruptcy and repossession.Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIuFollow us on Twitter for more - https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/RealStoriesChannelInstagram - @realstoriesdocsContent licensed from True Vision. Any queries, please contact us at: [email protected] by True Vision Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices