Item 5.02            Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of

Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On January 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") increased the number of directors on the Board from seven to eight and appointed Ms. Miriam Hernandez-Kakol as an independent director, effective immediately. Ms. Hernandez-Kakol most recently served as Senior Partner and Global Head of Management of KPMG LLP.

In connection with her service as a non-employee director, Ms. Hernandez-Kakol will be compensated in accordance with the Company's standard compensation policies and practices for non-employee directors of the Board as described in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2021.

Ms. Hernandez-Kakol does not have any family relationships with any of the Company's directors or executive officers and is not a party to any transactions of the type listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Ms. Hernandez-Kakol's appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit 99.1   Press release of Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc., dated January 24,
             2022.

Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File


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