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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-21-000887
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210119

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000357294
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				221851059
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08551
		FILM NUMBER:		21536395

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		90 MATAWAN ROAD, 5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			MATAWAN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7327477800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		90 MATAWAN ROAD, 5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			MATAWAN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07747
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(Amendment No. 2)</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES<br>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE<br>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">90 Matawan Road, Fifth Floor</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Matawan, New Jersey</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: __________________ (if applicable)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">This Amendment No. 2 hereby further amends the registration statement on Form 8-A filed by Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the &#8220;<b>Company</b>&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<b>SEC</b>&#8221;) on August 14, 2008, as amended by the amended registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed by the Company with the SEC on January 11, 2018, by supplementing Items 1 and 2 with the following.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt;"><b>&nbsp;Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">On January 18, 2021, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Agreement (the &#8220;<b>Amendment</b>&#8221;), which amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008 (the &#8220;<b>Rights Agreement</b>&#8221;),<b> </b>between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated January 11, 2018 (&#8220;<b>Amendment No. 1</b>&#8221;).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Under the Amendment, (i) each preferred stock purchase right, if exercisable, will initially represent the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company&#8217;s Series B Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<b>Series B Preferred Stock</b>&#8221;), for a purchase price of $171.85&nbsp;(the &#8220;<b>Purchase Price</b>&#8221;) (which Purchase Price was modified in light of the trading price of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock since the adoption of Amendment No. 1, after giving effect to the Company&#8217;s 1-for-25 reverse stock split effected on March 29, 2019), (ii) the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be extended to August 14, 2024 (or August 14, 2022 if the stockholders of the Company have not approved the Amendment by such date), (iii) in the event rights certificates are distributed, such certificates will not need to be affixed with a corporate seal and may be signed by electronic signature and (iv) notwithstanding any prior adjustments, each share of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to one right, representing the right to purchase from the Company one ten-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock at the Purchase Price (subject to certain adjustments).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference, Amendment No. 1, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference, and the Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.3 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;"><b>Item 2. Exhibits.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774921000881/ex_220860.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2021, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.&nbsp;(as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and the amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2 (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 19, 2021).</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774918000530/ex_102887.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes an amended and restated Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit 1 and an amended and restated Summary of Rights as Exhibit 2 (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 11, 2018).</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000035729408000032/rightsagreementexhibit.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Rights Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2008, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to National City Bank), as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation as Exhibit A, Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights as Exhibit&nbsp;C (incorporated herein by reference to <u>Exhibit 4.1</u> to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 14, 2008).</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:72pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: J. Larry Sorsby</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: January 19, 2021</p>
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