Hmm... I count not being able to afford a unit in the city you want to live in, and thus either having to commute (inconvenient) or find work in another city (o

Hmm... I count not being able to afford a unit in the city you want to live in, and thus either having to commute (inconvenient) or find work in another city (opportunity cost), to be a kind of tax. Taxation is not just monetary. The landlords are taxed; you're not wrong. But they're not the ones most hurt by these policies.