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It's not true that "no one can buy a house anywhere". People own those houses that are worth a tonne - that's just capital, not income, wealth.
I'm not saying people earning 80k are struggling or refuting the point about higher tax. But to say that housing costs are a separate issue to wealth and redistributive taxes is not true. It's all part of the picture about who we should view as wealthy and how we should ask for a fair share from them.
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Yeah, but no one can buy a house anywhere, imagine what it's like for someone on minimum wage or thereabouts anywhere in the country, it's an important but separate issue that also needs addressing. They may not feel wealthy, but they are and they're certainly not struggling to eat or stay warm and can certainly afford to pay more tax on the money they earn over £80k and can happily pay the same as everyone else on what they earn under it.