Camila Vallejo
Fairfield County Housing Reporter, Report For AmericaCamila Vallejo is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms. She is a bilingual reporter based out of Fairfield County and welcomes all story ideas at cvallejo@ctpublic.org.
Camila covers housing with a focus on disparities and the people affected by them. Before moving into a reporter role, she was an intern and producer for All Things Considered at Connecticut Public Radio. Her work has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, PRX's The World, NPR's Here and Now and more.
Camila enjoys a good cup of coffee, snuggling with her two cats and traveling.
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A first-in-the-nation program that connects families with young children to affordable housing in Connecticut is expanding. -
Connecticut towns have had five years to draft plans to improve affordable housing on their own terms. But as the June 1 deadline approached, many missed the mark.
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Income-eligible homeowners could now get up to $30,000 in help to avoid foreclosure. The grants come from a new state program created to help those impacted by the pandemic. -
Grief took over a small community in Texas after a gunman opened fire at a local elementary school on May 24. The town of Uvalde has around 15,000 residents and is predominantly Latinx. As people try to process the news, one Connecticut-based psychologist offers some guidance to the Latinx community. -
Only about two dozen municipalities in Connecticut have fair rent commissions. But a bill headed to the governor’s desk could change that. Fair rent commissions could soon be required in about 45 towns across the state. -
From Hartford to New Haven to Norwalk, people in support of abortion rights showed up at rallies. -
Since the government of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year, hundreds of evacuees have found a home in Connecticut. But many came without the people they love the most. -
Recent data show that Hartford and Bridgeport in recent weeks have surpassed pre-pandemic eviction numbers by more than 150%. -
This is the second article in a two-part series: "Rent Paid, Still Evicted." Wednesday, we explored the uptick in no-fault evictions and the impact on renters. Today, we explore solutions. On Friday at 9 a.m. listen to CT Public's Where We Live as we dive into this topic further. -
Dozens more households faced eviction each week during the pandemic, despite paying rent. As no-fault evictions rose to half of all filings, here's how a hot housing market and eviction restrictions didn't help these two women and many others.
