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jk
As I said, since you signed the lease the non refundability issue doesn’t apply to you.
You had all rights to refuse to pay the deposit. You paid it
you had all rights to refuse to sign the lease; you signed it
if you paid the deposit and didnt want to sign the lease and was not refunded your money, then you could have checked into whether that requirement is enforceable. Since you signed the lease, it doesn’t really matter.
For all you know the guy would have refunded the deposit if challenged