paul ryan speaker u.s. house representatives talk social mobility help struggle americans move impoverish areas give great opportunity shiva daniels kind person mind federal house voucher allow daniels escape crime-plagued neighborhood dallas texas move four children suburb garland move help daniels find good job work property management company today cherish small two-bedroom house rent yard children safely play away drug gang violence dallas daniels 31 lose 1,082 monthly stipend receive doubt would happen would move back say able afford it pull americans poverty subject close ryan heart president donald trump frequently talk aid inner cities house assistance provide u.s. department house urban development hud could fall victim fiscal policies consideration white house congress include massive tax cut increase military spend accord dozen congressional aid speak reuters white house specific plan hud budget process remain flux call 54 billion cut non-military discretionary domestic program next fiscal year likely dramatically impact safety-net program entitlements medicare social security budget experts say altogether house advocate paint bleak picture landscape low-income house trump administration warn deep cut house fund would force people home hollow grant program mean revitalize urban neighborhoods also ripple effect warn rental price would likely rise alongside decline affordable house project vouchers available renters would make tough renters save enough eventually buy home bad cycle say carol galante former top hud official obama administration put pressure rental market rent high high people save less less hud provide million americans form house assistance either vouchers renters subsidies landlords public house project comprise 85 percent budget also send billion annually directly communities grant even one-quarter eligible assistance country receive house advocate say change budget mandate would directly felt low-income communities point 2013 legislatively mandate budget cut know sequestration hit hud 100,000 renters nationwide lose house support douglas rice expert center budget policy priorities nonpartisan think tank washington estimate every percent cut hud budget 20,000 renters would lose assistance critics agency include republican lawmakers say anti-poverty community-development program inefficient wasteful fail live mission today proportion americans live poverty line 14.5 percent 35 years ago hud also time difficulty shake image bureaucratic agency vulnerable corruption center bid-rigging scandal reagan administration alphonso jackson hud secretary president george w. bush resign 2008 amid allegations steer contract friends charge never bring jackson sport team never seem gel think little like hud say bud albright washington lobbyist work agency republican jack kemp secretary early 1990s trump specific plan agency select ben carson lead hud former neurosurgeon republican presidential candidate senate confirmation last week although carson view hew closely republican orthodoxy much government discourage people work hard upbringing inner-city detroit give unique perspective mother receive food stamp provide family raise around house assistance program similar manage carson decline request interview reuters pledge fight protect hud housing-assistance budget preserve agency community-development initiatives also say would push include fund rehabilitate public-housing facilities trump propose trillion infrastructure plan give white house determination cut domestic spend carson fight every dollar hud spokesman decline comment program could hurt possible budget cut white house office management budget respond request comment congress look narrow hud reach ryan call work requirements time limit receive house assistance similar child support food assistance welfare benefit function tax reform spearhead ryan kevin brady house ways mean chairman could ultimately away key tax credit use developers build affordable house could drastically curtail credit use one vocal critic hud jeb hensarling republican chair house financial service committee oversee house agency hensarling plan introduce legislation year narrow trillion portfolio federal house administration help low-income first-time homebuyers purchase home office say hensarling say fear home value drop fha would require another federal bailout 2013 receive taxpayer-funded infusion 1.7 billion cover losses cut hud budget severe expect wait list vouchers stay long time recipients shiva daniels receive assistance six years risk see support end would mean lose small house yard see safe children might feel like big deal daniels say feel good allow good good them cold new u.s. budget priorities threaten house aid program