Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-68528) and
related prospectus of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), K.
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and certain subsidiaries of the Company for the
registration of 7,643,312 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company and
$376,000,000 of Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock, Warrants to Purchase
Preferred Stock, Warrants to Purchase Class A Common Stock, Debt Securities,
Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase
Units, Guaranteed Debt Securities and Guaranteed Warrants to Purchase Debt
Securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
December 13, 2000 (except for Note 15, paragraph 4, as to which the date is
January 23, 2001) with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the
Company included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended October
31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




                                                      /s/Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York
September 24, 2001