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10-K - FORM 10-K FOR YEAR ENDED 10/31/10 - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCf10k103110102210.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARY LISTING - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex21sublist.htm
EX-31.B - CFO CERTIFICATION 302 - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex31bjls122210.htm
EX-32.B - CFO CERTIFICATION 906 - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex32bjlssect906.htm
EX-10.S - BASE SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex10sbasesal2010.htm
EX-31.A - CEO CERTIFICATION 302 - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex31aakhceo122210.htm


Exhibit 32(a)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Annual Report of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ara K. Hovnanian, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
 
1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
 
 
Date:  December 22, 2010

/S/ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer