Exhibit 32.2

      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 Quarterly Report of KB Home (the "Company") on Form 10-Q
for the period ended May 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Domenico Cecere, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial 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 to the best of my knowledge:

(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 result of operations of the Company.

      Dated July 14, 2004              /s/ DOMENICO CECERE
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                                       Domenico Cecere
                                       Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                       Officer
                                       (Principal Financial Officer)

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