ATHENS: Rising poverty, pressure from creditors and a looming parliamentary revolt: Greece’s government has its work cut out as it ponders whether to broaden home foreclosures to thin the ranks of evasive debtors.

A law passed in 2010 currently protects the principal residence of debtors from outright seizure, providing a cushion of support in a country stuck in a six-year recession and four years of austerity cutbacks.

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