LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

           Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Elizabeth D. Tice, Shauna Ehlers, Laura Stricker, Cheryl
O'Brien, and J. Larry Sorsby signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned (including
without limitation, the execution of any applications for EDGAR access codes,
including the Form ID), it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
  shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
  with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
  undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
  to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed on August 24, 2021.

						Signature:

						/s/Vincent Pagano Jr.