Adviser to Paul Ryan says he’s being considered for HUD head

Robert L. Woodson Sr., adviser to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), says he is being considered to be the next secretary of Housing and Urban Development under a Donald Trump administration.
{mosads}“They seem to be very serious about it,” Woodson, who is the head of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington, D.C., told The Washington Post on Friday. “I’m not job hunting but we’re talking about how I could possibly work with him. We’re talking about how we could work with those across the aisle to do these things together.”
When asked to clarify if the Trump team has specifically talked about the Cabinet position, Woodson confirmed, stating that “we’re talking about HUD.”
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