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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Rents are skyrocketing and eviction moratoriums are ending. The story of one evicted family in Connecticut could foreshadow what's ahead for vulnerable communities.
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A group of New Haven-based priests just returned from Ukraine as the country faces a humanitarian crisis. One of them now hopes to educate Connecticut residents about the situation. -
Evictions slowed down during the pandemic, thanks to financial help from state and federal governments. But almost all aid has lapsed now, and evictions are starting to move back up to pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, rents have jumped by more than 15%. -
Dozens marched in Bridgeport on Saturday to demand justice for Black women after the deaths of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls put Bridgeport leadership in the spotlight. -
The first application period for adult-use cannabis store licenses in Connecticut goes live on Thursday via a state website. The period will be open for 90 days, but full details on what the review process will look like are still unknown. -
Connecticut is the second state in the country to fund free legal aid for tenants at risk of eviction. The program is set to roll out in phases and officially starts Monday. -
New Haven ranked seventh among cities with the highest estimated asthma prevalence in 2018, according to a brief by Yale University. Now a $2 million federal grant headed to the city could help address the problem. -
Fewer building permits for new housing in Connecticut went out in 2021 than in every year since 2011, according to new preliminary data from the state Department of Economic and Community Development. -
Municipal public hearings aim to let the public voice their concerns about local matters. But what can residents say during a hearing? That’s the question a case before the state Supreme Court aims to answer.
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Motorists across the state were faced with icy road conditions Wednesday morning. Department of Transportation officials said pretreatment wasn’t an option.
