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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-066016
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100716
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100716
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100716

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KB HOME
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000795266
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				953666267
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-168179
		FILM NUMBER:		10956697

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102314000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KAUFMAN & BROAD HOME CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;16, 2010</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>KB HOME</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-3666267</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10990 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90024</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code,<BR>
of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>William A. Richelieu<BR>
Corporate Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary<BR>
KB Home<BR>
10990 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90024<BR>
(310)&nbsp;231-4000</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael J. O&#146;Sullivan<BR>
Munger, Tolles &#038; Olson LLP<BR>
355 South Grand Avenue<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90071<BR>
(213)&nbsp;683-9100</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price(3)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>1,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11.07</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,070,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">789</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall
be deemed to cover such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. Also pursuant to Rule
416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each share of Common Stock includes one preferred stock purchase right issued pursuant to a
Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;22, 2009, by and between the Registrant and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent. The preferred stock purchase rights are not presently
exercisable and do not trade separately from the Common Stock. The preferred stock purchase
rights will be issued for no additional consideration and, therefore, no additional
registration fee is required.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of
$11.07 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;12, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, KB Home (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is
registering additional shares of common stock pursuant to the KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant currently has an effective registration statement filed on Form S-8
relating to the Plan which registered securities of the same class as those being registered
herewith filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;27, 2005. The Registrant
incorporates by reference that registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-129273), which is
made a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on July&nbsp;15, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">KB HOME<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ JEFF J. KAMINSKI
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeff J. Kaminski&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the persons who administer the KB Home
401(k) Savings Plan have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on July
15, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">KB HOME 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN<BR>
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By: KB Home Plan Administrator<BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ WILLIAM R. HOLLINGER
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">William R. Hollinger&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey T.
Mezger, Chief Executive Officer of KB Home, Jeff J. Kaminski, Chief Financial Officer of KB Home,
William R. Hollinger, Chief Accounting Officer of KB Home, and William A. Richelieu, Assistant
Corporate Secretary of KB Home, and, in each case, any of their respective successors at KB Home
(in functional position or otherwise) or designees, and each of them, jointly and severally, as his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the name of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JEFFREY T. MEZGER
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey T. Mezger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(principal
executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JEFF J. KAMINSKI
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeff J. Kaminski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Financial
Officer (principal financial officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM R. HOLLINGER
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Hollinger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Accounting
Officer (principal accounting
officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ STEPHEN F. BOLLENBACH
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen F. Bollenbach
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TIMOTHY W. FINCHEM
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Timothy W. Finchem</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KENNETH M. JASTROW, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kenneth M. Jastrow, II</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT L. JOHNSON
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert L. Johnson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MELISSA LORA
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Melissa Lora</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL G. McCAFFERY
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael G. McCaffery
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LESLIE MOONVES
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Leslie Moonves
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LUIS G. NOGALES
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;15, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Luis G. Nogales
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated April&nbsp;7, 2009 and incorporated by
reference herein).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws, as amended and restated on April&nbsp;5, 2007 (filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended February&nbsp;28, 2007 and
incorporated by reference herein).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Munger, Tolles &#038; Olson LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Munger, Tolles &#038; Olson LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">July&nbsp;15, 2010
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KB Home<BR>
10990 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90024

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Re: Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have acted as counsel to KB Home, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148;), in connection
with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;), pertaining to the
proposed public offering of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock, par value
$1.00 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;) for issuance under the KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item&nbsp;601(b)(5) of Regulation
S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents
of the Registration Statement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance
of the Shares.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have
considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon
certificates and other assurances of officers of the Corporation and others as to factual matters
without independently verifying such factual matters. We are opining herein only as to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws
or as to any matters of municipal law or any other local agencies within any state.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the foregoing and reliance thereto, it is our opinion that, upon the issuance and
delivery of the Shares in the manner contemplated by the Plan, assuming in each case that the
Shares are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly granted or awarded and
exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the Plan and subject to the Corporation
complying with all other terms of the Plan, the Shares will have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action of the Corporation and will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Corporation will comply
with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be
relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In
giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 60%">Very truly yours,

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 60%">/s/ MUNGER, TOLLES &#038; OLSON LLP

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 60%">Munger, Tolles &#038; Olson LLP

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to
the KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan of our reports (a)&nbsp;dated January&nbsp;29, 2010, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of KB Home included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended November&nbsp;30, 2009, and (b)&nbsp;dated June&nbsp;29, 2010, with respect to the financial statements and
schedule of the KB Home 401(k) Savings Plan included in the Plan&#146;s Annual Report (Form 11-K), for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, both filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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