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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Advocates say transit-oriented development is misunderstood. Their walking tours aim to change mindsBills that would increase housing around transit stations haven’t had much success the last two legislative sessions. Connecticut housing advocates blame it on misinformation. So they're working in communities across the state to show residents what the possibilities are. -
As Connecticut renters face skyrocketing rent prices and an uptick in no-fault evictions, some tenants in large apartment complexes are unionizing in hopes of demanding change. And now tenant unions in New Haven could be some of the first in Connecticut to be recognized by their local government.
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More than 100 people gathered in Norwalk Saturday morning to stand in solidarity with the countless Americans who risk losing abortion access in other states.
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Connecticut hardened its legal protections this year to protect abortion access and the right of people seeking reproductive healthcare from out of state.
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A first-in-the-nation program that connects families with young children to affordable housing in Connecticut is expanding.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From Hartford to New Haven to Norwalk, people in support of abortion rights showed up at rallies.
