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  0000938549
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000357294
  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
  001-08551
  90 MATAWAN ROAD
  5TH FLOOR
  MATAWAN
  NJ
  07747
  732-747-7800
  Ara K. Hovnanian
  Chairman, President and CEO
  Class A Common Stock
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
  1 New York Plaza, 38th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10004
  15100
  2099051
  5345668
  12/11/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common  Stock
  Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  880 Carillon Parkway
  St. Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  37218
  5173674
  5345668
  12/11/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common Stock
  09/11/1992
  Recapitalization of common stock
  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
  N
  35968
  09/11/1992
  Former  Common  Stock
  Class A Common Stock
  05/02/2005
  Exercise of  stock option
  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
  N
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  05/02/2005
  Cash
  Class A Common Stock
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  Exercise of  stock option
  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
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  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
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  Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
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  Y
  12/11/2023
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