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EX-10.S - EXHIBIT 10.S - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131922.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INChov20181031_10k.htm
EX-99.B - EXHIBIT 99.B - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131929.htm
EX-99.A - EXHIBIT 99.A - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131928.htm
EX-32.B - EXHIBIT 32.B - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131917.htm
EX-32.A - EXHIBIT 32.A - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131916.htm
EX-31.B - EXHIBIT 31.B - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131915.htm
EX-23.C - EXHIBIT 23.C - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131921.htm
EX-23.B - EXHIBIT 23.B - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131920.htm
EX-23.A - EXHIBIT 23.A - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131919.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131918.htm
EX-10.YYY - EXHIBIT 10.YYY - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131927.htm
EX-10.XXX - EXHIBIT 10.XXX - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131926.htm
EX-10.WWW - EXHIBIT 10.WWW - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131925.htm
EX-10.VVV - EXHIBIT 10.VVV - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131924.htm
EX-10.UUU - EXHIBIT 10.UUU - HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INCex_131923.htm

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit 31(a)


 

I, Ara K. Hovnanian, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2018 of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 20, 2018

 

/s/ARA K. HOVNANIAN
Ara K. Hovnanian
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer