<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-25-005879.txt : 20250612
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250612163543
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-25-005879
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250610
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250612
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250612

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hernandez-Kakol Miriam
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001906530
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08551
		FILM NUMBER:		251043380

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

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000357294
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		EIN:				221851059
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	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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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-06-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000357294</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HOV</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001906530</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hernandez-Kakol Miriam</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>90 MATAWAN ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MATAWAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07747</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-06-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>798.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>105.5600</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3680.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the withholding of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, non-cumulative (&quot;Class A Common Stock&quot;), for cash to cover the Reporting Person's estimated tax liability in connection with the distribution of shares of Class A Common Stock related to vested restricted stock units. The withholding of shares was approved by the Issuer's board of directors pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>miriamhernandezkakol01282025.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Elizabeth D. Tice Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-06-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>miriamhernandezkakol01282025.txt
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
             Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
  and appoints each of Elizabeth D. Tice, Shauna Ehlers, Cheryl O'Brien and Brad
  O'Connor signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned (including
without limitation, the execution of any applications for EDGAR access codes,
including the Form ID), it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
  shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
  with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
  undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
  to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed on
_________________________.
     						Signature:

						_______________________________
						Print Name: Miriam Hernandez-Kakol

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