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                                                                EXHIBIT 5

                               April 2, 1998

The Board of Directors
Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation
10990 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024

      Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Dear Sirs:

      I refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on behalf
of Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation (the "Company"), relating to
1,700,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the "Shares"), to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1988 Employee Stock
Plan (the "Plan").

      As counsel for the Company, I have examined such corporate records,
other documents and such questions of law as I have considered necessary
or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion and, upon the basis of
such examination, advise you that in my opinion all necessary corporate
proceedings by the Company have been duly taken to authorize the issuance
of the Shares pursuant to the Plan and that the Shares being registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

      I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to my name under the headings "Legal
Matters" and "Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the Registration
Statement. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that I am a
person whose consent is to be filed with the Registration Statement under the
provisions of the Securities Act.

                               Very truly yours,


                               Kimberly N. King,
                               Corporate Secretary and
                               Associate Counsel