Families fleeing domestic violence will be housed in new emergency accommodation which has been given the go ahead by Midlothian councillors.
The Midlothian Families Project will take six empty council homes, which have been identified as difficult to re-let, and use them for short term accommodation for people with children or a pregnant member of their household.
A report to the council's administration cabinet said that although two similar projects were already in place in the county it was felt a third location would benefit homeless tenants, who may need to escape their current location.
