Camila Vallejo
Fairfield County Housing Reporter, Report For AmericaCamila Vallejo is a corps member with, 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ is expanding. -
º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ-based psychologist offers some guidance to the Latinx community. -
Only about two dozen municipalities in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ. 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.
