"NW MLS is putting out mis-information that home staging is now considered essential business. As such, many staging companies are getting pressured by agents to stage their homes. Here is the verbiage they put out on April 1st, 2020:Can stagers stage homes and remove furniture from a listing during the Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order? (Revised April 1, 2020)Yes. Information concerning real estate services indicates that staging a home and removing staging items is now permitted. Like all other in-person activities, staging activities must be by appointment, a total of no more than two people may be at property at any one time, and those two people must adhere to strict social distancing guidelines established by the CDC. Sellers should vacate the property prior to any staging activities." - Denise Crump
The aforementioned complaint was filed by Denise Crump in Kirkland, Washington on Thursday April 2, 2020 with DOL bpdcustomersupport@dol.wa.gov against NW MLS saying Non-essential business is open. Email address given was denise.crump@hotmail.com and phone number given was 4252803801.