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 home orders for the one-month and three-month periods ended March 31, 2002.
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/ David S. Weiss
                            David S. Weiss
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                                                           Press Release
                                                           For Immediate Release


               Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Home Orders for the
                     Month and Quarter Ended March 31, 2002

Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 2002-Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH)
(www.beazer.com) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month and
quarter ended March 31, 2002.



                     New Orders (units)            New Orders (units)
                       For the Month              For the Three Months
                      Ended March 31,                Ended March 31,
                   ----------------------         ----------------------
                   2002    2001    Change         2002    2001    Change
                   ----    ----    ------         ----    ----    ------
                                                
Southeast........   370     476    -22.3%        1,098   1,271     -13.6%
West.............   462     330     40.0%        1,273   1,035      23.0%
Central..........   144     120     20.0%          358     305      17.4%
Mid-Atlantic.....   151     158     -4.4%          413     417      -1.0%
                  ------  ------                 ------  ------
Total............ 1,127   1,084      4.0%        3,142   3,028       3,8%


New orders for the West region include 24 and 67 units for the one and
three-month periods ended March 31, 2002, respectively, from Sanford Homes of
Colorado.  Beazer acquired Sanford Homes effective August 1, 2001.

New orders for the one-month periods ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 include 0
and 70 units, respectively, for affordable housing developments being built
through governmental programs.  New orders for the three-month periods ended
March 31, 2002 and 2001 include 63 and 107 units, respectively, being built
through such programs.

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.


Contact:          David S. Weiss
                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                  (404) 250-3420
                  dweiss@beazer.com