UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		1-8551		22-1851059
(State or Other		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction				Identification No.)
of Incorporation)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(732) 747-7800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)

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Item 8.01.		Other Events.

          On October 17, 2011, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“Hovnanian”) issued a press release relating to the previously announced private exchange offers and consent solicitation of K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hovnanian. In the press release, Hovnanian announced, among other things, an increase in the total consideration with respect to the exchange offers for certain series of its senior notes, the extension of the Early Tender and Consent Time, and, in the case of exchange offers for certain series of its senior notes, the Withdrawal and Revocation Deadline, and has announced the amount of senior notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, by series, as of 5:00 pm, New York City time, on October 17, 2011.

          The exchange offers and consent solicitation are being made within the United States only to “qualified institutional buyers” pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The new secured notes being offered have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The information contained in this report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy senior notes or new secured notes subject to the exchange offers in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.

          A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated October 17, 2011.

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 18, 2011

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated October 17, 2011.