The target of the tax should be the party creating the problem so that they themselves can solve it. Before you plant down your office in some densely populate

The target of the tax should be the party creating the problem so that they themselves can solve it. Before you plant down your office in some densely populated area you make a cost benefit analysis. The housing problem is part of the cost. We've traditionally expected others to deal with it (read pay for it) but it doesn't work. Or put differently, we've failed employers in creating housing for their employees. So now that we've proven ourselves incompetent we might as well put the puzzle in front of those who created it. It's easy to ignore your staff being unable to afford a roof over their head if you are relatively unaffected by it. The moment you get billed for it you can assign the task to someone and create a budget. If there are also subsidies we can expect corporations to attempt to solve the puzzle. If they are unaffected by the problem it is really hard to get some solution going internally. Who knows, perhaps they are more competent than the rest of us? If not the number of jobs (demand) can be scaled down to fit supply.