AUSTIN (KXAN) – A memoranda of agreement (MOA) between the Texas Comptroller’s office and the city of Austin ended Thursday, cutting off the city’s ability to certify business under the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) framework.
“We eliminated race- and sex-based classifications, reduced layers of bureaucracy and placed responsibility for certification within one accountable office. Most importantly, we made service-disabled veterans the focus of this program,” Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock said in a Thursday press release.
In Dec. 2025, Hancock announced his office would freeze and overhaul the program. Now VetHUB, the program no longer uses qualifications based on sex, race and ethnicity and instead focuses solely on service-disabled veterans…