Exhibit 99





Joint Filer Information





Form 5



Name:   Sirwart Hovnanian



Address:  10 Highway 35

   Red Bank, NJ 07701



Designated Filer: Kevork S. Hovnanian



Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.  [HOV]



Date of Event Requiring

 Statement:  06/14/2006



Signature:  /s/  Nancy A. Marrazzo

   Attorney-in-Fact