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text: 144
  0000938549
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000357294
  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
  001-08551
  90 MATAWAN ROAD
  5TH FLOOR
  MATAWAN
  NJ
  07747
  732-747-7800
  Ara K. Hovnanian
  Affiliate
  Class A Common Stock
  Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  880 Carillon Parkway
  St. Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  3000
  447150
  5345668
  12/18/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common Stock
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
  1 New York Plaza, 38th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10004
  10000
  1490500
  5345668
  12/18/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common Stock
  04/30/2019
  Gift
  Sirwart Hovnanian
  Y
  09/24/2009
  3000
  N/A
  Class A Common Stock
  04/30/2019
  Gift
  Sirwart Hovnanian
  Y
  09/24/2009
  10000
  N/A
  N
  Ara K. Hovnanian
  90 Matawan Road
  5th Floor
  Matawan
  NJ
  07747
  Class A Common Stock
  12/11/2023
  32117
  4519041.72
  Ara K. Hovnanian
  90 Matawan Road
  5th Floor
  Matawan
  NJ
  07747
  Class A Common Stock
  12/12/2023
  20201
  2832026.65
  Reflects 3,000 Shares to be sold by the Lucy K. Kalian 2012 Trust U/T DTD 12/18/12, of which Ara K. Hovnanian is a trustee and 10,000 Shares to be sold by the Esto Hovnanian 2012 Trust Trust U/T DTD 12/18/12, of which Ara K. Hovnanian is a trustee
  12/18/2023
  /s/ Ara K. Hovnanian, Trustee