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Rent Should not Take Half Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Rent Should not Take Half Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Rent should not take half. Twelve million US households now hand over more than half their income just to keep a roof up, and the home health aide in the tee is one of them, with a rent that takes fifty-six percent of a paycheck earned caring for other people in their homes. Half. This tee puts the number where people can see it.

Wear it to the rent board hearing, the tenant association meeting, the housing justice march, the city council session on rent stabilization, and the family dinner where a relative says rent has always been expensive. It is a strong gift for a home health aide, a tenant organizer, a housing lawyer, and the friend who did the percentage on the back of the lease.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a home health aides' meeting on rent. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the back-of-the-lease entry in the housing justice collection.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this the same as full time work should cover rent? Same math, from the rent side. That one is the wage; this one is what the rent takes from it.

Would a tenant association order these for the rent board? Associations do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do tenants pick? Black and Chambray. White for the march.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the picket line, the rent strike, the grocery store, the shareholder meeting you were not invited to.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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