Not being argumentative but do you think you are not paying taxes when you are renting? Who is paying them? The home owner is “responsible” for them but believe me when you write that check every month you are “paying” for them. If you aren't you wont be renting that place for long because the state will come take the house or the owner will eventually go bankrupt...
People are not buying due to affordable monthly payments. It is the taxes that are driving the payments up.