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Beazer Homes Announces E-Business and Technology Promotions

October 9, 2000 at 1:33 PM EDT

ATLANTA, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH); (www.beazer.com ) today announced that it has promoted Peter H. Simons to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, E-Business Development and Carla J. Collinge has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Both positions will report directly to Ian J. McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer.

In his new role, Peter Simons will assume overall responsibility for Beazer's E-Business strategy. Prior to the promotion Mr. Simons served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development since October 1998 and Vice President of Corporate Development since September 1994. Mr. Simons, who is 41 years old, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Yale School of Organization and Management.

Carla Collinge will be responsible for information systems development and the implementation of E-Business initiatives within Beazer. Prior to the promotion Ms. Collinge served as Director of Management Information Systems since September 1999, J. D. Edwards Project Manager since October 1997, and Divisional Controller since September 1995. Ms. Collinge, who is 37 years old, received a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University at Sacramento and a Juris Doctorate from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.

Ian McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Beazer Homes, said, "We are extremely pleased to announce these promotions, which recognize the significant contributions that Peter and Carla have made to our E-Business and technology initiatives. With these promotions we expect to accelerate our already aggressive plans for integrating E-Business throughout our Company."

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the country's ten largest single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. SOURCE Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

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