PulteGroup (PHM) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Exhibit 17.1

From: James Grosfeld

Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 9:44 AM

To: Richard Dugas

Subject: resignation

Dear Mr. Dugas,

I hereby resign from the Board of Directors of PulteGroup, effective immediately. Since the Board meeting of March 22, I have been excluded from a number of subsequent Board meetings, and therefore see no useful purpose of remaining on the Board.

I will today send a letter containing the same information.

James Grosfeld

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