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                                   EXHIBIT 24
 
        KAUFMAN AND BROAD HOME CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of
Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-8 pertaining to the 1986 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-11692) and the 1988
Employee Stock Plan (No. 33-28624) of Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation of our
report dated January 4, 1996, except as to Note 13, as to which the date is
January 22, 1996 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended November 30, 1995.
 
                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 22, 1996