INDIANA—

We have had the same apartment rental for two years. I’ll add it’s an awful rental at that, no heat at times, no hot water often, broken elevators, I could go on.
1 year in they changed management companies


Fast forward to now-I have asked about our deposit and logistics as we are strongly considering moving with any luck. 
They have stated “unfortunately their(previous company) deposits weren’t refundable, they never passed those on to us” 

WWYD. This does not seem legal to me