The Housing Trust of Santa Clara County is one of the most innovative solutions to a regional affordable housing crisis anywhere in California or the United States. By partnering up local governments, with the private sector, and nonprofit housing organizations, the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County has been able to raise over $30,000,000 to create over 7000 new housing opportunities for low and moderating income families. The Housing Trust of Santa Clara County is truly a national model for showing how a region can work together to tackle major issues.