Eric E. Schwaab

Schwaab is an advocate of affordable housing - supporting workforce housing, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and smaller-scale development for young families and seniors - but he opposes large-scale projects (including 40B-style developments and multi-family-by-right zoning) that overwhelm infrastructure and neighborhood character.

“I support workforce housing, ADUs, and smaller-scale development, but not oversized projects that overwhelm infrastructure... We need housing that fits our communities, protects our environment and serves year-round residents - housing built at the right scale, in the right places, with infrastructure in place first.”

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Schwaab wants to strengthen Cape Cod's year-round economy so local businesses can offer better wages and create opportunities for people who want to build their lives on the Cape; he sees a healthy environment, affordable housing, and a strong local economy as interconnected.

“Schwaab is also concerned with strengthening the area's year-round economy so local businesses can offer better wages and create opportunities for people who want to build their lives on Cape Cod. A healthy environment, affordable housing, and a strong local economy are all essential to the Cape's future.”

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Protecting Cape Cod's environment - its sole-source aquifer, wetlands, estuaries, ponds, and coastal resources - is Schwaab's top priority. He argues growth must match what the environment can sustain and would push for a Cape-wide carrying capacity study to guide planning and infrastructure investment.

“Protecting Cape Cod's environment is one of the county's core responsibilities. My focus will be on practical measures that protect drinking water, wetlands, estuaries, and coastal resources... I will advocate for a Cape-wide carrying capacity study so we understand how much growth our water resources, transportation system, and natural environment can sustainably support.”

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Schwaab argues county government should do fewer things but do them better, operating as an opt-in cooperative partner to the 15 towns rather than a growing layer of bureaucracy, with decisions made closer to home. He calls for Cape Cod Commission reform - earlier communication with neighborhoods, clearer guidance, and stronger independent environmental review for large projects.

“The core conviction: county government must do fewer things, but do them better. He believes the county should operate more as a cooperative partner to the towns than a growing layer of bureaucracy - an opt-in model where towns access shared technical resources and specialized services on their own terms, paying for what they use.”

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Schwaab opposes the proposed regional 'luxury transfer fee' - a new tax on home sales - arguing it would burden longtime Cape families and that Cape Codders do not want unnecessary taxes or unchecked government growth.

“Now we're seeing proposals for a new tax on home sales - the so-called 'luxury transfer fee' - that would affect longtime Cape families just as much as anyone else... Cape Codders do not want unnecessary taxes or unchecked government growth.”

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Schwaab wants to transform the regional Septic Test Center into an innovation hub to accelerate development and permitting of nitrogen-reducing septic systems that actually work in the field, and to align development with wastewater capacity to protect the Cape's aquifer and estuaries.

“On wastewater - the slow emergency that threatens the aquifer and the estuaries that define this place - he wants to transform the regional Septic Test Center into a real innovation hub, accelerating the development and permitting of nitrogen-reducing systems that actually work in the field.”

actlocalnow.com·As of August 2026