Claiming a Willimantic-based public housing complex had repeatedly refused to accommodate her request to have an assistance animal to support her mental and emotional disabilities, a resident has sued the complex.

In her lawsuit, filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 24-year-old Yarieliz Moure has sued Vesta Corp. and Vesta Windham LLC, which own the Windham Heights housing complex. She also lists Ashley Johnson, director of compliance for Vesta Corp., as a defendant.