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FORM 3 (Print or Type Responses)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1.

Name and Address of Reporting Person*

2.

Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

4.

Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

The Allstate Corporation

12/31/02

American Homestar Corporation

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3.

I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

5.

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

6.

If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

Director

10% Owner

2775 Sanders Road

(Street)

Officer               (give title below)

X   Other               (specify below)

7.

Individual or Joint/Group Filing

Northbrook, Illinois 60062

See footnote (1)

(Check Applicable Line)

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

X     Form filed by One Reporting Person                Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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1.		Title of Security (Instr. 4)		2.		Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)		3.		Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)		4.		Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series C Common Stock						611,861				I				(2)

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FORM 3 (Continued)

Table II — Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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1.

Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2.

Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3.

Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4.

Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5.

Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6.

Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Explanation of Responses:

(1)

6.1% (assuming 10,000,000 shares of Series C Common Stock issued and outstanding); 12.6% (assuming 4,869,250 shares of Series C Common Stock issued and outstanding).

Number of Shares Issued and Outstanding: In its Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 1, 2002, American Homestar Corporation (the "Company") reported that 10,000,000 shares of its Series C common stock were issued and outstanding, of which 3,922,280 shares were issued and outstanding and 6,077,720 were "deemed issued, outstanding and held in constructive trust for the benefit of shareholders to be determined in name and amount as the claims process is completed." We learned from a 13G filing on EDGAR that Craig A. Reynolds, Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company, stated that 4,869,250 shares of the Company's Series C common stock have now been issued to specific shareholders with allowed claims under the Company's confirmed Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Company and its subsidiaries.

(2)

203,509 shares held by Allstate Insurance Company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation and 408,352 shares held by Allstate Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company.

  *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v)

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Last update: 09/03/2002

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