It definitely can have the problem of making one group get less attention. However, the solution to one isn't the same as the other. Helping someone who's in th

It definitely can have the problem of making one group get less attention. However, the solution to one isn't the same as the other. Helping someone who's in the street because of a mental illness means providing them with treatment. Helping someone who's in the street because they can't afford it means more housing, more job, better minimum wage, whatever. You want both to happen, but its important to know that there's two category of things that need to happen.