Bristol woman files lawsuit against RI Housing after fire

BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — A Bristol woman is taking Rhode Island Housing to court, claiming the agency failed to pay her homeowner’s insurance after a fire ripped through her home.

Vanessa Desjardins was working in the NICU on Jan. 3 when she got a call from her husband.

“He said, ‘The house is on fire. I got the dogs out.’ A bunch of commotion, and then he hung up, so I rushed home and I came home to my house on fire,” she recalled…

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