2012 was the first year the International Energy Conservation Code required residential construction to pass an air leakage rate test, better known as a blower door test. My area of the country requires the test to be at or below 3 air changes per hour at the test pressure of 50 pascals (ACH50). (Other areas, typically warmer climates require 5 ACH50.) Most new construction in my market has no problem passing the test, but I have had a handful of houses fail, usually the failed tests are by a builder having their first blower door test or the project is a very small home.
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