In 2017, Gen Squeeze was awarded the BC Non-Profit Housing Association's Housing Champion award. The annual award recognizes excellence in the following areas:
- Demonstrated commitment as an ambassador and champion of affordable housing
- Strong advocate for affordable housing and takes initiative
- Taken actions and shown transformative change in affordable housing, including policy and advocacy with tangible results
- Strongly advocated on behalf of the non-profit housing sector
- Taken initiative and displayed leadership
- New way of developing unique solutions to problems in the province/region
- Passionately promote the principles of the affordable housing sector
- Attempted to achieve sustainable solutions to affordable housing challenges