WESTPORT — Monday night’s community conversation on the state’s affordable housing law will be held via Zoom rather than in person because of the weather.

The Westport Library is closing at 6 p.m. Monday because of an approaching snowstorm, so the affordable housing forum planned there tonight has moved online.

Click here to access the 7 p.m. meeting.

As Westport’s four-year moratorium to the state’s affordable housing law, widely known by its statutory number, 8-30g, expires next month, a “community conversation” about its impact had been planned Monday, Feb. 27, at the library.

Panelists for the program, set for 7 p.m. still are expected to be: state Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport; Town Attorney Ira Bloom; Planning and Zoning Commission Chairwoman Danielle Dobin, and Evonne Klien, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Center to End Homelessness.

The program, organized by the Representative Town Meeting, will be moderated by RTM Moderator Jeff Wieser.

The law has provoked widespread discussion — and controversy — locally and across the state since it was adopted in 1989 as a tool to promote the development of more affordable housing.

The state subsequently adopted a related provision, 8-30j, which requires each town in the state to adopt a five-year plan on how it intends to foster development of more affordable housing options.

Westport’s Planning and Zoning Commission adopted its mandated housing plan last June. To read the town’s full affordable housing plan, posted on the town’s website, click here.