8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          Date of Report: April 3, 2002

                             BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                   001-12822               54-2086934
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission             (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)              File Number)          Identification No.)

                    5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite B-200
                              Atlanta Georgia 30342
                              (Address of Principal
                               Executive Offices)


                                 (404) 250-3420
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      None
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)










Item 5.  Other Events.

         On April 3, 2002, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the "Company") issued the
press release attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and made a part hereof
regarding its $350 Million Senior Notes Offering.  For additional
information, please see the press release.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits.

         99.1     Press release issued April 3, 2002.






                                   SIGNATURES



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                      BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.



Date: April 3, 2002                   By: /s/ Ian J. McCarthy
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Ian J. McCarthy
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
                                                           PRESS RELEASE
                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            BEAZER HOMES ANNOUNCES $350 MILLION SENIOR NOTES OFFERING

Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 2002 - Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH)
(www.beazer.com) today announced that it is proposing to offer $350,000,000
in principal amount of Senior Notes due 2012. The offering will be made to
certain initial purchasers pursuant to a private placement. The initial
purchasers have informed Beazer that they will sell or offer the notes within
the United States to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule
144A and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933. The offering proceeds will be used to (1) fund the
cash portion of Beazer's previously announced acquisition of Crossmann
Communities, Inc. ("Crossmann"), (2) repay Crossmann's outstanding
indebtedness, (3) reduce borrowings under Beazer's revolving credit facility
and (4) pay related fees, commissions and other expenses.

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the country's
ten largest single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona,
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Beazer Homes also provides mortgage origination and title services to its
homebuyers

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the notes referred to
herein in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state. The notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or
applicable state securities laws, and are being offered by the initial
purchasers only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and outside the United States in accordance with
Regulation S under the Securities Act. Unless so registered, the notes cannot be
offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or
in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

CONTACT: David S. Weiss, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., +1-404-250-3420, dweiss@beazer.com