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Es injusto que yo lo haga todo en casa.

Es injusto que yo lo haga todo en casa.
It's unfair that I do everything at home.
From Lesson 563:Opposites with prefixes (inútil, desconectar)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Es injusto que yo lo haga todo en casa.

Why is haga in the subjunctive here?
The phrase es injusto que (It is unfair that) expresses a subjective opinion or value judgment. In Spanish, impersonal expressions that convey emotion or personal opinions trigger the subjunctive mood in the following clause, which is why the indicative hago becomes the subjunctive haga.
Why is there a lo before haga todo? Doesn't that literally mean 'I do it everything'?
In Spanish, when the pronoun todo (everything) functions as the direct object of a sentence, it generally requires the matching direct object pronoun lo to appear before the verb. While it sounds redundant to English speakers, dropping the lo in lo haga todo would sound unnatural.
Since haga can mean 'I do' or 'he/she does', is yo just here to clarify who is doing the action?
It does clarify the subject, but more importantly, it adds emphasis. By explicitly including yo, the speaker highlights their own personal burden compared to others, much like heavily stressing the word 'I' in English: It is unfair that I do everything.
Why does the sentence use en casa instead of en la casa?
Just like in English, en casa translates to the everyday concept of being 'at home'. If you were to say en la casa, it would sound like you are referring to a specific physical building ('in the house') rather than your own home.

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