Residential buildings owned by the New York City Housing Authority have more than twice as many problems as their market-rate counterparts.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report on Monday on the state of the Housing Authority's residential buildings and the early indication is that they are in worse condition than privately owned buildings in the city, according to The Associated Press.

The report says that public housing in New York has seen an increase in problems in recent years. Twenty-seven percent of publicly owned buildings had problems with their heating systems between the years of 2002 and 2011, compared with 11 percent of market-rate housing.

Nearly all of the city's public housing stock was in structurally decent condition in 2011, despite the increased rate of issues, the report said. Stringer said that the issues in Housing Authority buildings are a problem for residents. The Housing Authority has 334 properties in the city, according to The New York Times.

"Housing conditions at NYCHA have become a laundry list of tenant frustration, from broken windows and peeling paint, to faulty heaters and scurrying rats," Stringer said."While much of New York City's housing stock remains in good condition and asset values have increased, significant pockets of our City's housing are deteriorating.

"We still have much work to do to ensure that every New Yorker has a safe place to call home," he said, adding that in order to fix these issues, it's critical to get funding, especially the federal government.

On top of issues like broken heating systems and peeling paint, Housing Authority buildings are more likely to have mice or rats, the report said. Of the publicly owned buildings in New York, 37 percent reported mice or rats, compared to 19 percent of market-rate buildings.

The mouse problem has also gotten worse over time, with only 27 percent of publicly owned building reporting a problem in 2002.