<PAGE>

             As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2000
                                           Registration No. 333-________________

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                          M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HOMES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Ohio                                        31-1210837
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   (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)

3 Easton Oval, Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio                                43219
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

                          M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc.
                      1993 Stock Incentive Plan as Amended
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                            (Full title of the plan)

                                                         Copy to:
Paul S. Coppel                              Elizabeth Turrell Farrar, Esq.
M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc.               Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
3 Easton Oval, Suite 500                    52 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43219                        P.O. Box 1008
---------------------------------------     Columbus, Ohio  43216-1008
(Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (614) 418-8000
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          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                        Proposed               Proposed
Title of                                                maximum                 maximum
securities                       Amount                 offering               aggregate              Amount of
to be                             to be                  price                 offering             registration
registered                     registered            per share (1)             price (1)                 fee
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<S>                       <C>                    <C>                     <C>                    <C>
Common Shares, $.01 par          402,307                $15.5625              $6,260,902               $1,653
value

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(l)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the aggregate offering
         price and the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
         promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and computed
         on the basis of $15.5625 per share, which is the average of the high
         and low sales prices of the Common Shares as reported on the New York
         Stock Exchange on April 26, 2000.

                             Exhibit Index on II-10

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

                  The following report of M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. (the
"Registrant") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is incorporated herein by
this reference:

                  (a)      The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                           ended December 31, 1999.

                  The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in
the Registrant's Prospectus dated May 1, 1998, contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-51059) as effective
with the Commission, or contained in any subsequent amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description, is hereby incorporated by
reference.

                  Any definitive proxy statement or information statement filed
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all documents which may be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the completion of the offering
contemplated hereby, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
provided, however, that no report of the Compensation Committee and/or the
Executive Officer Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Registrant on executive compensation and no performance graph included in any
proxy statement or information statement filed pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation provides that:

         The provisions of Section 1701.13(E)(5)(a) of the Ohio Revised Code or
         any statute of like tenor or effect which is hereafter enacted shall
         not apply to the corporation. The corporation shall, to the fullest
         extent not prohibited by any provision of


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         applicable law other than Section 1701.13 (E)(5)(a) of the Ohio Revised
         Code or any statute of like tenor or effect which is hereafter enacted,
         indemnify each director and officer against any and all costs and
         expenses (including attorney fees, judgments, fines, penalties, amounts
         paid in settlement, and other disbursements) actually and reasonably
         incurred or imposed upon such person in connection with any action,
         suit, investigation or proceeding (or any claim or matter therein),
         whether civil, criminal, administrative or otherwise in nature,
         including any settlements thereof or any appeals therein, with respect
         to which such person is named or otherwise becomes or is threatened to
         be made a party by reason of being or at any time having been a
         director or officer of the corporation, or by any reason of being or at
         any time having been, while such a director or officer, an employee or
         other agent of the corporation or, at the direction or request of the
         corporation, a director, trustee, officer, administrator, manager,
         employee, adviser or other agent of or fiduciary for any other
         corporation, partnership, trust, venture or other entity or enterprise
         including any employee benefit plan.

         The corporation shall indemnify any other person to the extent such
         person shall be entitled to indemnification under Ohio law by reason of
         being successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action to
         which such person is named a party by reason of being an employee or
         other agent of the corporation, and the corporation may further
         indemnify any such person if it is determined on a case by case basis
         by the Board of Directors that indemnification is proper in the
         specific case.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles of
         Incorporation, no person shall be indemnified to the extent, if any, it
         is determined by the Board of Directors or by written opinion of legal
         counsel designated by the Board of Directors for such purpose that
         indemnification is contrary to applicable law.

                  Article VIII of the Registrant's Amended Regulations further
         provides:

                  (a)      MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION. The corporation shall
         indemnify any officer or director of the corporation who was or is a
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
         completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
         administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, any
         action threatened or instituted by or in the right of the corporation),
         by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
         or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
         corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager
         or agent of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for
         profit), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust
         or other enterprise, against expenses (including, without limitation,
         attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript
         costs), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
         reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
         proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
         believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
         corporation. A person claiming indemnification under this section shall
         be presumed, in respect of any act or omission giving rise to such
         claim for indemnification, to have acted in good faith and in a manner
         he reasonably believed


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         to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and
         the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
         settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
         equivalent, shall not, of itself, rebut such presumption. Any
         indemnification under this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be
         made by the corporation only upon a determination that the director or
         officer has met the applicable standard of conduct and such
         determination shall be made by (i) a majority vote of a quorum
         consisting of directors of the corporation who were and are not parties
         to, or threatened with, any such action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if
         such a quorum is not obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of
         disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent
         legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with
         it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services
         for or any person to be indemnified, within the past five years, or
         (iii) by the shareholders.

                  (b)      INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCES FOR EXPENSES. Anything
         contained in the Regulations or elsewhere to the contrary
         notwithstanding, to the extent that an officer or director of the
         corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense
         of any action, suit or proceeding, he shall be promptly indemnified by
         the corporation against expenses (including, without limitation,
         attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript
         costs) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
         Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, filing fees,
         court reporters' fees and transcript costs) incurred in defending any
         action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance
         of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding to or on
         behalf of the officer or director promptly as such expenses are
         incurred by him if: (i) in respect of any claim, except one in which
         the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to Section
         1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code, the corporation receives an
         undertaking by or on behalf of the director, in which he agrees to
         repay all such amounts if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence
         in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act
         involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause
         injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the
         best interests of the corporation and agrees to cooperate reasonably
         with the corporation concerning the action, suit or proceeding; or (ii)
         the corporation receives an undertaking by or on behalf of the director
         or officer in which he agrees to repay all such amounts if it
         ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
         the corporation under section (a) of this Article VIII.

                  (c)      ARTICLE VIII NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification
         provided by this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of, and shall be
         in addition to, any other rights to which any person seeking
         indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
         shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
         action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
         while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be an officer or director of the corporation and shall inure
         to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a
         person.


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                  (d)      INSURANCE. The corporation may purchase and maintain
         insurance or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to
         trust funds, letters of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of any
         person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager or agent of
         another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit),
         limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
         him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether
         or not the corporation would have the obligation or the power to
         indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this
         Article VIII.

                  Division (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code
addresses indemnification by an Ohio corporation and provides as follows:

                  (E)(1)   A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any
         person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
         any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
         whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than
         an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact
         that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against expenses including attorney's fees,
         judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
         incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if
         he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
         or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
         respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable
         cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
         action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or
         conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
         not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in
         good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
         opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
         any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe
         that his conduct was unlawful.

                  (2)      A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any
         person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
         any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right
         of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the
         fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually
         and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
         settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a
         manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
         interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be
         made in respect of any of the following:


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                  (a)      Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person
         is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
         performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only to the
         extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such
         action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite
         the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of
         the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
         for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court
         shall deem proper;

                  (b)      Any action or suit in which the only liability
         asserted against a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the
         Revised Code.

                  (3)      To the extent that a director, trustee, officer,
         employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits
         or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to
         in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, or in defense of any claim,
         issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses,
         including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
         connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

                  (4) Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this
         section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member,
         manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
         applicable standard of conduct set forth in division (E)(l) or (2) of
         this section. Such determination shall be made as follows:

                  (a)      By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
         directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not
         parties to or threatened with the action, suit, or proceeding referred
         to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section;

                  (b)      If the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this
         section is not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of
         disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent
         legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with
         it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services
         for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past
         five years;

                  (c)      By the shareholders;

                  (d)      By the court of common pleas or the court in which
         the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
         of this section was brought.

                  Any determination made by the disinterested directors under
         division (E)(4)(a) or by independent legal counsel under division
         (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person
         who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the
         corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and, within ten days
         after receipt of such notification, such person shall have the right to
         petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or
         suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such determination.


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                  (5)(a)   Unless at the time of a director's act or omission
         that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
         division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the articles or the regulations
         of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that
         the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and
         unless the only liability asserted against a director in an action,
         suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this
         section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses,
         including attorney's fees, incurred by a director in defending the
         action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they
         are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit,
         or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
         director in which he agrees to do both of the following:

                  (i)      Repay such amount if it is proved by clear and
         convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his
         action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with
         deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with
         reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation;

                  (ii)     Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning
         the action, suit, or proceeding.

                  (b)      Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in
         defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division
         (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they
         are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit,
         or proceeding, as authorized by the directors in the specific case,
         upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
         trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay such
         amount, if it ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be
         indemnified by the corporation.

                  (6)      The indemnification authorized by this section shall
         not be exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights
         granted to those seeking indemnification under the articles, the
         regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested
         directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities
         and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or
         positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and
         shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators
         of such a person.

                  (7)      A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or
         furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds,
         letters of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person
         who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
         incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
         such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
         him against


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         such liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or
         maintained with a person in which the corporation has a financial
         interest.

                  (8)      The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons
         pursuant to division (E)(1) or (2) of this section does not limit the
         payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance,
         or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5),
         (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section
         do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the
         corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7).

                  (9)      As used in division (E) of this section,
         "corporation" includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or
         merger and the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is
         or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or
         agent of such a constituent entity or is or was serving at the request
         of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
         member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign,
         nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
         joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
         position under this section with respect to the new or surviving
         corporation as he would if he had served the new or surviving
         corporation in the same capacity.

                  In addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance coverage
under policies issued by the Federal Insurance Company (Chubb, Royal) which
insure directors and officers against certain liabilities which might be
incurred by them in such capacity.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

                  See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto and beginning at
page 10.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (l)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the registration
                           statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the registration statement;
                           and


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                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the registration statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not
                  apply if the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
                  the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
                  reference in the registration statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
         of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
         reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
         registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
         the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.

C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
         persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item
         6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
         in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
         indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
         governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 20th day of April,
2000.

                                    M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HOMES, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Robert H. Schottenstein
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Robert H. Schottenstein, President

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on April 20, 2000.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                                         Title
---------                                         -----
<S>                                               <C>
Irving E. Schottenstein*                          Chairman of the Board and Chief
----------------------------------                Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Irving E. Schottenstein

Robert H. Schottenstein*                          President; Director (Vice Chairman)
----------------------------------
Robert H. Schottenstein

Steven Schottenstein*                             Chief Operating Officer; Director
----------------------------------                (Vice Chairman)
Steven Schottenstein

/s/ Kerrii B. Anderson                            Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
----------------------------------                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer);
Kerrii B. Anderson                                Director

Friedrich K. M. Bohm*                             Director
----------------------------------
Friedrich K. M. Bohm

Jeffrey H. Miro*                                  Director
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Jeffrey H. Miro

Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.*                              Director
----------------------------------
Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.

Norman L. Traeger*                                Director
----------------------------------
Norman L. Traeger

Thomas D. Igoe*                                   Director
----------------------------------
Thomas D. Igoe

*By: /s/ Kerrii B. Anderson
    ----------------------------------
       Kerrii B. Anderson
       Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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<TABLE>
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Exhibit No.                           Description                                     Page No.
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<S>             <C>                                                            <C>
    4(a)        M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan as     Incorporated herein by
                Amended, dated April 22, 1999                                  reference to Exhibit
                                                                               10.4 of the
                                                                               Registrant's Quarterly
                                                                               Report on Form 10-Q
                                                                               for the quarter ended
                                                                               June 30, 1999

    4(b)        First Amendment to M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. 1993 Stock    Incorporated herein by
                Incentive Plan as Amended, dated August 11, 1999               reference to Exhibit
                                                                               10.1 of the Registrant's
                                                                               Quarterly Report on Form
                                                                               10-Q for the quarter ended
                                                                               September 30, 1999

      5         Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP as to legality             *

     23(a)      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP                                          *

     23(b)      Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP                    Filed as part of
                                                                                      Exhibit 5

     24         Powers of Attorney                                                        *
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* Filed herewith.



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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2000
                                           Registration No. 333-________________

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                          M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HOMES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Ohio                                        31-1210837
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   (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)

3 Easton Oval, Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio                                43219
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

                          M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc.
                      1993 Stock Incentive Plan as Amended
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                            (Full title of the plan)

                                                         Copy to:
Paul S. Coppel                              Elizabeth Turrell Farrar, Esq.
M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc.               Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
3 Easton Oval, Suite 500                    52 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43219                        P.O. Box 1008
---------------------------------------     Columbus, Ohio  43216-1008
(Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (614) 418-8000
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          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                        Proposed               Proposed
Title of                                                maximum                 maximum
securities                       Amount                 offering               aggregate              Amount of
to be                             to be                  price                 offering             registration
registered                     registered            per share (1)             price (1)                 fee
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Common Shares, $.01 par          402,307                $15.5625              $6,260,902               $1,653
value

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(l)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the aggregate offering
         price and the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
         promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and computed
         on the basis of $15.5625 per share, which is the average of the high
         and low sales prices of the Common Shares as reported on the New York
         Stock Exchange on April 26, 2000.

                             Exhibit Index on II-10
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

                  The following report of M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. (the
"Registrant") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is incorporated herein by
this reference:

                  (a)      The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                           ended December 31, 1999.

                  The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in
the Registrant's Prospectus dated May 1, 1998, contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-51059) as effective
with the Commission, or contained in any subsequent amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description, is hereby incorporated by
reference.

                  Any definitive proxy statement or information statement filed
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all documents which may be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the completion of the offering
contemplated hereby, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
provided, however, that no report of the Compensation Committee and/or the
Executive Officer Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Registrant on executive compensation and no performance graph included in any
proxy statement or information statement filed pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation provides that:

         The provisions of Section 1701.13(E)(5)(a) of the Ohio Revised Code or
         any statute of like tenor or effect which is hereafter enacted shall
         not apply to the corporation. The corporation shall, to the fullest
         extent not prohibited by any provision of

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applicable law other than Section 1701.13 (E)(5)(a) of the Ohio Revised
         Code or any statute of like tenor or effect which is hereafter enacted,
         indemnify each director and officer against any and all costs and
         expenses (including attorney fees, judgments, fines, penalties, amounts
         paid in settlement, and other disbursements) actually and reasonably
         incurred or imposed upon such person in connection with any action,
         suit, investigation or proceeding (or any claim or matter therein),
         whether civil, criminal, administrative or otherwise in nature,
         including any settlements thereof or any appeals therein, with respect
         to which such person is named or otherwise becomes or is threatened to
         be made a party by reason of being or at any time having been a
         director or officer of the corporation, or by any reason of being or at
         any time having been, while such a director or officer, an employee or
         other agent of the corporation or, at the direction or request of the
         corporation, a director, trustee, officer, administrator, manager,
         employee, adviser or other agent of or fiduciary for any other
         corporation, partnership, trust, venture or other entity or enterprise
         including any employee benefit plan.

         The corporation shall indemnify any other person to the extent such
         person shall be entitled to indemnification under Ohio law by reason of
         being successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action to
         which such person is named a party by reason of being an employee or
         other agent of the corporation, and the corporation may further
         indemnify any such person if it is determined on a case by case basis
         by the Board of Directors that indemnification is proper in the
         specific case.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles of
         Incorporation, no person shall be indemnified to the extent, if any, it
         is determined by the Board of Directors or by written opinion of legal
         counsel designated by the Board of Directors for such purpose that
         indemnification is contrary to applicable law.

                  Article VIII of the Registrant's Amended Regulations further
         provides:

                  (a)      MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION. The corporation shall
         indemnify any officer or director of the corporation who was or is a
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
         completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
         administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, any
         action threatened or instituted by or in the right of the corporation),
         by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
         or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
         corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager
         or agent of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for
         profit), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust
         or other enterprise, against expenses (including, without limitation,
         attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript
         costs), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
         reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
         proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
         believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
         corporation. A person claiming indemnification under this section shall
         be presumed, in respect of any act or omission giving rise to such
         claim for indemnification, to have acted in good faith and in a manner
         he reasonably believed

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to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and
         the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
         settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
         equivalent, shall not, of itself, rebut such presumption. Any
         indemnification under this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be
         made by the corporation only upon a determination that the director or
         officer has met the applicable standard of conduct and such
         determination shall be made by (i) a majority vote of a quorum
         consisting of directors of the corporation who were and are not parties
         to, or threatened with, any such action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if
         such a quorum is not obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of
         disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent
         legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with
         it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services
         for or any person to be indemnified, within the past five years, or
         (iii) by the shareholders.

                  (b)      INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCES FOR EXPENSES. Anything
         contained in the Regulations or elsewhere to the contrary
         notwithstanding, to the extent that an officer or director of the
         corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense
         of any action, suit or proceeding, he shall be promptly indemnified by
         the corporation against expenses (including, without limitation,
         attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript
         costs) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
         Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, filing fees,
         court reporters' fees and transcript costs) incurred in defending any
         action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance
         of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding to or on
         behalf of the officer or director promptly as such expenses are
         incurred by him if: (i) in respect of any claim, except one in which
         the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to Section
         1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code, the corporation receives an
         undertaking by or on behalf of the director, in which he agrees to
         repay all such amounts if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence
         in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act
         involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause
         injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the
         best interests of the corporation and agrees to cooperate reasonably
         with the corporation concerning the action, suit or proceeding; or (ii)
         the corporation receives an undertaking by or on behalf of the director
         or officer in which he agrees to repay all such amounts if it
         ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
         the corporation under section (a) of this Article VIII.

                  (c)      ARTICLE VIII NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification
         provided by this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of, and shall be
         in addition to, any other rights to which any person seeking
         indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
         shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
         action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
         while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be an officer or director of the corporation and shall inure
         to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a
         person.

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(d)      INSURANCE. The corporation may purchase and maintain
         insurance or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to
         trust funds, letters of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of any
         person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager or agent of
         another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit),
         limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
         him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether
         or not the corporation would have the obligation or the power to
         indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this
         Article VIII.

                  Division (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code
addresses indemnification by an Ohio corporation and provides as follows:

                  (E)(1)   A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any
         person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
         any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
         whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than
         an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact
         that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against expenses including attorney's fees,
         judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
         incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if
         he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
         or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
         respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable
         cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
         action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or
         conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
         not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in
         good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
         opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
         any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe
         that his conduct was unlawful.

                  (2)      A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any
         person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
         any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right
         of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the
         fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually
         and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
         settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a
         manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
         interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be
         made in respect of any of the following:

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(a)      Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person
         is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
         performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only to the
         extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such
         action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite
         the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of
         the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
         for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court
         shall deem proper;

                  (b)      Any action or suit in which the only liability
         asserted against a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the
         Revised Code.

                  (3)      To the extent that a director, trustee, officer,
         employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits
         or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to
         in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, or in defense of any claim,
         issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses,
         including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
         connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

                  (4) Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this
         section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member,
         manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
         applicable standard of conduct set forth in division (E)(l) or (2) of
         this section. Such determination shall be made as follows:

                  (a)      By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
         directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not
         parties to or threatened with the action, suit, or proceeding referred
         to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section;

                  (b)      If the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this
         section is not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of
         disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent
         legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with
         it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services
         for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past
         five years;

                  (c)      By the shareholders;

                  (d)      By the court of common pleas or the court in which
         the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)
         of this section was brought.

                  Any determination made by the disinterested directors under
         division (E)(4)(a) or by independent legal counsel under division
         (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person
         who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the
         corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and, within ten days
         after receipt of such notification, such person shall have the right to
         petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or
         suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such determination.

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(5)(a)   Unless at the time of a director's act or omission
         that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
         division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the articles or the regulations
         of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that
         the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and
         unless the only liability asserted against a director in an action,
         suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this
         section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses,
         including attorney's fees, incurred by a director in defending the
         action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they
         are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit,
         or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
         director in which he agrees to do both of the following:

                  (i)      Repay such amount if it is proved by clear and
         convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his
         action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with
         deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with
         reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation;

                  (ii)     Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning
         the action, suit, or proceeding.

                  (b)      Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in
         defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division
         (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they
         are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit,
         or proceeding, as authorized by the directors in the specific case,
         upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
         trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay such
         amount, if it ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be
         indemnified by the corporation.

                  (6)      The indemnification authorized by this section shall
         not be exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights
         granted to those seeking indemnification under the articles, the
         regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested
         directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities
         and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or
         positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
         director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and
         shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators
         of such a person.

                  (7)      A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or
         furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds,
         letters of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person
         who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
         corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as
         a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of
         another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
         limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
         other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
         incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
         such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
         him against

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such liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or
         maintained with a person in which the corporation has a financial
         interest.

                  (8)      The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons
         pursuant to division (E)(1) or (2) of this section does not limit the
         payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance,
         or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5),
         (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section
         do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the
         corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7).

                  (9)      As used in division (E) of this section,
         "corporation" includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or
         merger and the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is
         or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or
         agent of such a constituent entity or is or was serving at the request
         of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
         member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign,
         nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
         joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
         position under this section with respect to the new or surviving
         corporation as he would if he had served the new or surviving
         corporation in the same capacity.

                  In addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance coverage
under policies issued by the Federal Insurance Company (Chubb, Royal) which
insure directors and officers against certain liabilities which might be
incurred by them in such capacity.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

                  See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto and beginning at
page 10.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

A.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (l)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the registration
                           statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the registration statement;
                           and

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(iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the registration statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not
                  apply if the information required to be included in a
                  post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
                  periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
                  the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
                  reference in the registration statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

B.       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
         determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
         of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
         reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
         registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
         the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.

C.       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
         Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
         persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item
         6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
         in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
         indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
         is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
         indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
         Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
         controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
         action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
         controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
         the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
         has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
         appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
         it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
         governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

         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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 20th day of April,
2000.

                                    M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HOMES, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Robert H. Schottenstein
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Robert H. Schottenstein, President

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on April 20, 2000.
Signature                                         Title
---------                                         -----
Irving E. Schottenstein*                          Chairman of the Board and Chief
----------------------------------                Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Irving E. Schottenstein

Robert H. Schottenstein*                          President; Director (Vice Chairman)
----------------------------------
Robert H. Schottenstein

Steven Schottenstein*                             Chief Operating Officer; Director
----------------------------------                (Vice Chairman)
Steven Schottenstein

/s/ Kerrii B. Anderson                            Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
----------------------------------                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer);
Kerrii B. Anderson                                Director

Friedrich K. M. Bohm*                             Director
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Friedrich K. M. Bohm

Jeffrey H. Miro*                                  Director
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Jeffrey H. Miro

Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.*                              Director
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Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.

Norman L. Traeger*                                Director
----------------------------------
Norman L. Traeger

Thomas D. Igoe*                                   Director
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Thomas D. Igoe

*By: /s/ Kerrii B. Anderson
    ----------------------------------
       Kerrii B. Anderson
       Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No.                           Description                                     Page No.
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4(a)        M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan as     Incorporated herein by
                Amended, dated April 22, 1999                                  reference to Exhibit
                                                                               10.4 of the
                                                                               Registrant's Quarterly
                                                                               Report on Form 10-Q
                                                                               for the quarter ended
                                                                               June 30, 1999

    4(b)        First Amendment to M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc. 1993 Stock    Incorporated herein by
                Incentive Plan as Amended, dated August 11, 1999               reference to Exhibit
                                                                               10.1 of the Registrant's
                                                                               Quarterly Report on Form
                                                                               10-Q for the quarter ended
                                                                               September 30, 1999

      5         Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP as to legality             *

     23(a)      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP                                          *

     23(b)      Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP                    Filed as part of
                                                                                      Exhibit 5

     24         Powers of Attorney                                                        *
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* Filed herewith.

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