 There was uproar in May 2004 when Bloxwich Housing Trust announced plans to demolish nearly 900 homes in Harden as well as neighbouring Goscote and Blakenall Heath.Local residents complained that demolition of the estate would destroy the community spirit, while other residents accused the local authority of deliberately running the area down so they would have to pay as little as possible when buying the privately owned homes under compulsory purchase as part of the redevelopment.Nearly all of the demolished houses in Harden were on the Poet's Estate, which was built during the 1930s.