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