UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices)		10036 (Zip code)

Randy Takian
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-296-6963

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2009

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2009

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Trust’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust
Portfolio of Investments July 31, 2009 (unaudited)

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (173.4%)
				Alaska (0.8%)
$	4,000			Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2006 A			5.00				06/01/46			$	2,188,280
				Arizona (6.1%)
	2,000			Arizona Transportation Board, Highway Refg Ser 2002 A			5.25				07/01/19				2,179,360
	650			Maricopa County, Pollution Control Corp., 2009 Ser A			6.00				05/01/29				661,375
	3,000			Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Airport Ser 2002 B (AMT) (FGIC Insd)			5.25				07/01/32				2,700,930
	3,800			Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Jr Lien Water Ser 2002 (FGIC Insd)			5.00				07/01/26				3,816,188
	6,000			Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, 2002 Ser B (a)			5.00				01/01/31				6,153,699
	2,000			Surprise Municipal Property Corporation Ser 2007			4.90				04/01/32				1,522,240
															17,033,792
				California (27.2%)
	1,575			Alhambra Unified School District 2009 Ser B (g)			0.00				08/01/35				283,169
	2,545			Alhambra Unified School District 2009 Ser B (g)			0.00				08/01/36				430,589
	2,000			California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ser 2005			5.00				11/15/34				1,745,920
	2,000			California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Kaiser Permanente Ser 2006 A			5.25				04/01/39				1,763,060
	5,000			California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Bay Area Toll Bridges First Lien Ser 2003 (a)			5.00				01/01/28	(b)			5,692,580
	3,000			California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, The Scripps Research Institute Ser 2005 A			5.00				07/01/29				3,005,970
	6,000			California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Keller Canyon Landfill Co/Browning-Ferris Industries Inc Ser 1992 (AMT)			6.875				11/01/27				6,002,160
	5,000			California State Economic Recovery Ser 2004 A			5.00				07/01/16				5,128,850
	4,000			California Statewide Communities Development, Baptist University Ser 2007 A			5.40				11/01/27				2,844,080
	5,000			California Statewide Communities Development, John Muir Health Ser 2006 A			5.00				08/15/32				4,335,150
	5,000			California, Various Purpose Dtd 05/01/03			5.25				02/01/19				5,199,100
	4,685			Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Election 2008 E Ser 2009 (g)			0.00				08/01/40				568,103
	4,535			Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Election 2008 E Ser 2009 (g)			0.00				08/01/41				513,090
	6,000			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (AMBAC Insd)			5.00				06/01/29				5,111,100
	1,150			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A			5.75				06/01/47				690,173
	5,100			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A-1			5.125				06/01/47				2,757,774
	4,000			Los Angeles Ser 2004 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				09/01/24				4,139,400
	1,745			Moreland School District, Santa Clara County 2006 Ser C (AMBAC Insd) (g)			0.00				08/01/29				457,591
	1,270			Oak Grove School District, Santa Clara County Election 2008 Ser A			0.00				08/01/28				376,682
	1,000			Port of Oakland Ser 2002 L (AMT) (FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/01/21				916,630
	4,000			Port of Oakland Ser 2002 L (AMT) (FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/01/32				3,256,400
	22,685			San Bernardino Community College District Election 2002 Ser B (g)			0.00				08/01/44				2,133,071
	1,000			San Diego County, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Ser 2006 (COPs)			5.00				09/01/34				737,030
	3,720			San Diego County Water Authority Ser 2002 A (COPs) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				05/01/27				3,751,322
	960			San Francisco City and County, Laguna Honda Hospital Refg Ser 2008 R3 (AGC Insd) (a)			5.00				06/15/28				965,966
	720			San Rafael City Elementary School District, Marin County Election 2002 Ser B (g)			0.00				08/01/25				286,639
	16,000			Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority Tobacco Settlement, Santa Clara Tobacco Securitization Corp Ser 2007 (g)			0.00				06/01/36				1,120,000
	5,000			Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Sacramento County Tobacco Securitization Corporation Ser 2006 A-1			5.00				06/01/37				3,019,550
	1,350			Twin Rivers Unified School District, Ser 2009 (BANs) (g)			0.00				04/01/14				1,071,144
	500			University of California, 2009 Ser 0			5.25				05/15/39				511,490
	2,760			University of California Ser 2007-J (FSA Insd) (a)			4.50				05/15/31				2,492,945
	2,240			University of California Ser 2007-J (FSA Insd) (a)			4.50				05/15/35				1,978,317
	10,100			William S. Hart Union High School District, Los Angeles County Election 2008 Ser A (g)			0.00				08/01/32				2,228,262
															75,513,307

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				Colorado (3.9%)
	1,750			Boulder County, University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				09/01/18				1,861,230
	1,750			Boulder County, University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				09/01/21				1,861,125
	2,000			Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Peak to Peak Charter School Refg & Impr Ser 2004 (XLCA Insd)			5.25				08/15/34				1,773,820
	2,000			Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2006 D			5.25				11/15/35				1,865,080
	1,820			Denver Airport System Ser 2006 B (AMT)			5.00				11/15/12				1,905,467
	1,590			Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority, Refg Ser 2006 (XLCA Insd)			5.00				12/01/30				1,221,406
	265			Public Authority For Colorado Energy, Natural Gas Ser 2008			6.25				11/15/28				256,332
															10,744,460
				Connecticut (1.7%)
	5,000			Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, SubSer A-2 (AMT)			5.15				05/15/38				4,775,900
				Delaware (0.3%)
	1,000			New Castle County, Newark Charter School Inc Ser 2006			5.00				09/01/36				735,630
				District of Columbia (1.8%)
	6,000			District of Columbia Ballpark Ser 2006 B-1 (FGIC Insd)			5.00				02/01/31				4,905,540
				Florida (8.9%)
	2,000			Broward County School Board, Ser 2001 A (COPs) (FSA Insd)			5.00				07/01/26				2,004,760
	3,000			Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/ Sunbelt Ser 2006 C			5.25				11/15/36				2,840,032
	3,300			Jacksonville Electric Authority, St Johns Power Park Refg Issue 2 Ser 17			5.00				10/01/18				3,370,620
	1,500			Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Shell Point Village/ The Alliance Community for Retirement Living Inc, Ser 2006			5.125				11/15/36				933,645
	2,000			Miami-Dade County, Building Better Communities Program Ser 2008 B-1			6.00				07/01/38				2,085,360
	1,250			Miami-Dade County, Miami International Airport Ser 2009 A			5.00				10/01/25				1,257,838
	1,200			Palm Beach County, Solid Waste Authority Ser 2009 (BHAC Insd)			5.50				10/01/23				1,324,800
	12,000			South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Baptist Health South Florida Ser 2007			5.00				08/15/42				10,772,520
															24,589,575
				Georgia (4.1%)
	2,000			Atlanta, Airport Ser 2004 J (FSA Insd)			5.00				01/01/34				1,983,200
	6,000			Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority Ser 2004			5.00				10/01/22				6,366,180
	3,000			Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority Ser 2004			5.00				10/01/23				3,171,360
															11,520,740
				Hawaii (3.7%)
	10,000			Honolulu City & County Ser 2003 A (NATL-RE Insd) (a)			5.25				03/01/26				10,318,750
															10,318,750
				Idaho (1.3%)
	35			Idaho Housing Agency, 1992 Ser E (AMT)			6.75				07/01/12				35,069
	745			Idaho Housing & Finance Association, 2000 Ser E (AMT)			6.00				01/01/32				762,835
	2,600			Idaho Housing & Finance Association 2008 Ser A			5.25				07/15/23				2,800,772
															3,598,676
				Illinois (5.0%)
	4,000			Chicago, O’ Hare Int’l Airport Third Lien Ser 2003 B-2 (AMT) (FSA Insd)			5.75				01/01/23				4,052,600
	830			Illinois Finance Authority, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ser 2009 B			5.00				08/15/16				894,184
	645			Illinois Finance Authority, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group Ser 2009 A			7.25				11/01/38				679,978
	6,000			Illinois, First Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				07/01/20				6,228,120
	2,000			Schaumburg Ser 2004 B (FGIC Insd)			5.25				12/01/34				2,027,680
															13,882,562
				Indiana (6.5%)
	10,000			Indiana Bond Bank, Revolving Fund Ser 2001 A			5.00				02/01/23				10,411,000
	6,000			Indiana Health & Educational Facility Financing Authority, Clarian Health Ser 2006 A			5.25				02/15/40				5,245,020
	1,400			Marion County Convention & Recreational Facilities Authority, Refg Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd)			5.00				06/01/21				1,417,472
	820			Rockport Indiana Michigan Power Company Project, Refg Ser 2009 B			6.25				06/01/25				859,180
															17,932,672
				Iowa (1.4%)
	2120			Iowa State LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)			5.00				06/01/25				2,277,584
	1590			Iowa State LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)			5.00				06/01/26				1,695,228
															3,972,812
				Kansas (1.2%)
	730			Kansas Development Finance Authority, Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Ser 2009 C			5.50				11/15/29				736,212

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
	3,000			University of Kansas Hospital Authority, KU Health Ser 2002			4.50				09/01/32				2,613,840
															3,350,052
				Kentucky (1.8%)
	5,000			Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, Ser 1999 A (FGIC Insd)			5.75				05/15/33				5,047,450
				Louisiana (0.5%)
	1,500			Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority, Deepwater Port Ser 2007 B-2			4.30				10/01/37				1,518,390
				Maryland (2.5%)
	1,105			Baltimore County, Oak Crest Village Ser 2007 A			5.00				01/01/37				951,902
	2,885			Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, King Farm Presbyterian Community 2006 Ser B			5.00				01/01/17				2,419,765
	1,700			Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, University of Maryland Medical Ser 2006 A			5.00				07/01/41				1,465,944
	2,000			Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Montgomery County Ser 2003 (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.50				04/01/16				2,091,540
															6,929,151
				Massachusetts (0.6%)
	1,600			Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Boston College 2008 Ser M-2			5.50				06/01/30				1,791,568
				Michigan (3.9%)
	1,735			Michigan Hospital Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health Refg Ser 2006 A			5.25				11/15/46				1,329,096
	5,000			Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit Edison Co Ser 2001 C (AMT)			5.65				09/01/29				4,480,450
	3,000			Wayne County, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Refg Ser 2002 D (AMT) (FGIC Insd)			5.50				12/01/17				3,024,990
	1,855			Wayne State University, Refg Ser 2008 (FSA Insd)			5.00				11/15/25				1,919,109
															10,753,645
				Minnesota (0.7%)
	2,000			Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, 2003 Ser A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				01/01/30				1,977,220
				Missouri (0.5%)
	1,500			Missouri Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Lutheran Senior Services Ser 2005 A			5.375				02/01/35				1,159,500
	150			Missouri Housing Development Commission, Homeownership Ser 2000 B-1 (AMT)			6.25				03/01/31				155,299
															1,314,799
				Montana (1.0%)
	2,705			Montana Board of Housing, 2000 Ser B (AMT)			6.00				12/01/29				2,741,598
				Nevada (4.3%)
	2,000			Clark County, Airport SubLien Ser 2004 A-1 (AMT) (FGIC Insd)			5.50				07/01/20				1,990,180
	1,000			Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/19				969,700
	1,100			Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/20				1,057,793
	2,000			Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/22				1,893,800
	640			Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Tax Increment Ser 2009 A			6.25				06/15/16				677,613
	5,345			Las Vegas Valley Water District, Water Impr Refg Ser 2003 A (FGIC Insd)			5.25				06/01/20				5,485,253
															12,074,339
				New Hampshire (0.2%)
	655			New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Ser 2009			7.125				07/01/27				674,244
				New Jersey (9.3%)
	2,000			New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Refd 2005 Ser N			5.50				09/01/24				2,164,640
	1,555			New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Authority, Home Buyer Ser 2000 CC (AMT) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.875				10/01/31				1,561,718
	5,000			New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, 1999 Ser A			5.75				06/15/20				5,498,100
	1,500			New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Ser 2003 A (FGIC Insd) (c)			5.00				01/01/27				1,525,530
	10,000			Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Ser F (FGIC Insd)			5.00				12/01/20				9,329,600
	5,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Ser 2007-1 A			4.625				06/01/26				3,464,050
	6,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Ser 2007-1 B (g)			0.00				06/01/41				263,760
	2,000			University of Medicine & Dentistry Ser 2004 (COPs) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.25				06/15/23				1,947,060
															25,754,458
				New York (25.4%)
	10,000			Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Refg Ser 2002 A (FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/15/25				10,080,600
	2,380			New York City, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)			5.25				08/15/27				2,478,333
	2,380			New York City, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)			5.25				08/15/28				2,478,334
	2,040			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/28				2,107,891
	1,635			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/29				1,689,413

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
	1,635			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/30				1,689,413
	3,500			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Ser A-2003			5.375				06/15/19				3,793,510
	18,000			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, 2002 Ser B (a)			5.00				06/15/26				18,213,720
	10,000			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, 2004 Ser A			5.00				06/15/35				10,013,400
	1,935			New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)			5.00				04/01/26				2,039,751
	2,815			New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)			5.00				04/01/27				2,967,389
	1,100			New York State Dormitory Authority, Court Facilities Lease Ser 2005 A			5.50				05/15/29				1,157,156
	2,000			Seneca Nation of Indians Ser 2007 A (d)			5.00				12/01/23				1,498,320
	5,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, State Contingency Ser 2003 B-1C			5.50				06/01/17				5,165,900
	5,000			Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Refg 2002 E (NATL-RE Insd) (a)			5.25				11/15/22				5,185,604
															70,558,734
				North Carolina (1.7%)
	4,500			Charlotte, Water & Sewer Ser 2001			5.125				06/01/26				4,637,745
				North Dakota (0.8%)
	2,750			Ward County, Trinity Ser 2006			5.125				07/01/29				2,155,890
				Ohio (5.9%)
	5,100			American Municipal Power — Ohio, Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd) (a)			5.25				02/15/33				5,177,271
	5,370			Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Clinic Ser 2003 A			6.00				01/01/32				5,591,512
	3,000			Lorain County, Catholic Healthcare Partners Ser 2001 A			5.625				10/01/17				3,097,410
	2,000			Ohio State University, General Receipts Ser 2002 A			5.125				12/01/31				2,013,540
	410			Ohio State Water Development Authority 2009 Ser A			5.875				06/01/33				426,503
															16,306,236
				Oklahoma (0.4%)
	1,500			Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Great Plains Medical Center Ser 2007			5.125				12/01/36				1,111,695
				Oregon (0.3%)
	685			Oregon Department of Administrative Services 2009 Ser A			5.25				04/01/24				755,651
				Pennsylvania (0.9%)
	4,000			Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority, West Penn Allegheny Health Ser 2007 A			5.375				11/15/40				2,410,760
				Puerto Rico (0.5%)
	1,375			Puerto Rico, Sales Tax Financing 2009 Subser A			5.00	(e)			08/01/39				1,398,526
				South Carolina (5.8%)
	3,000			Charleston Educational Excellence Financing Corporation, Charleston County School District Ser 2005			5.25				12/01/29				3,040,080
	70			Lexington County Health Services District, Lexmed Inc, Ser 2007 A			5.00				11/01/16				73,184
	5,000			South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refg Ser 2002 D (FSA Insd)			5.00				01/01/20				5,317,300
	7,000			South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refg Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd) (a)			5.00				01/01/22				7,207,601
	345			Richland County, Environmental Improvement, International Paper Company Ser 2007 A			4.60				09/01/12				337,959
															15,976,124
				Tennessee (0.6%)
	1,620			Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corporation Ser 2006 A			5.25				09/01/19				1,556,545
				Texas (20.8%)
	2,000			Alliance Airport Authority, Federal Express Corp Refg Ser 2006 (AMT)			4.85				04/01/21				1,708,060
	2,500			Arlington City, Special Tax Ser 2009			5.00				08/15/28				2,460,750
	10,000			Austin, Water & Wastewater Rrfg Sec 2001 A & B (FSA Insd) (a) (d)			5.125				05/15/27				10,105,155
	5,100			Board of Regents of the University of Houston System Ser 2008 (FSA Insd) (a)			5.00				02/15/33				5,135,173
	2,380			Harris County, Toll Road Unlimited Tax Ser 2007 C			5.25				08/15/31				2,596,295
	6,000			Houston, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA Insd)			5.875				07/01/17				6,063,660
	5,000			Houston, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA Insd)			5.625				07/01/30				4,870,850
	5,120			Houston, Combined Utility First Lien Refg 2004 Ser A (FGIC Insd)			5.25				05/15/23				5,325,926
	8,600			North Texas Tollway Authority Refg First Tier Ser 2008 D (g)			0.00				01/01/28				2,828,626
	1,650			North Texas Tollway Authority Refg First Tier Ser 2008 D (g)			0.00				01/01/31				437,069
	13,960			San Antonio, Water & Refg Ser 2001 (FGIC Insd)			5.00				05/15/26				14,058,697
	2,000			Tarrant County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp, Air Force Village II Inc Ser 2007			5.125				05/15/37				1,439,300
	530			Taxas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corp. Ser 2008 D			6.25				12/15/26				512,531
															57,542,092
				Vermont (0.7%)
	2,500			Vermont Economic Development Authority, Wake Robin Corp Ser 2006 A			5.375				05/01/36				1,839,300

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				Virginia (1.4%)
	2,000			Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Goodwin House Inc Ser 2007			5.125				10/01/42				1,524,960
	1,450			Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Canterbury-Management Corp Ser 2006			5.00				10/01/27				1,170,875
	1,750			Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Canterbury-Management Corp Ser 2006			5.00				10/01/35				1,315,615
															4,011,450
				Washington (9.0%)
	5,000			Energy Northwest, ColuNATL-RE Refg Ser 2001 C (NATL-RE Insd)			5.75				07/01/18				5,483,100
	5,000			Grant County Public Utility District #2, Electric Refg Ser 2001 H (FSA Insd)			5.375				01/01/18				5,299,900
	3,510			Port of Seattle, Passenger Facility Ser 1998 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				12/01/23				3,474,373
	2,500			Spokane School District #81 Ser 2005 (NATL-RE Insd) (g)			0.00	(e)			06/01/23				2,660,825
	3,725			Washington State, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)			5.00				08/01/29				3,885,683
	3,915			Washington State, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)			5.00				08/01/30				4,083,879
															24,887,760
				Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $500,204,019)											480,788,118

NUMBER OF
SHARES (000)
				Short-Term Investment (f) (2.5%)
				Investment Company
	6,882			Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class (Cost $6,881,704)											6,881,704
				Total Investments (Cost $507,085,723) (i) (j)			175.9	%							487,669,822
				Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities			3.9								10,822,620
				Floating Rate Note and Dealer Trusts Obligations Related to Securities Held
				Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.31% to 0.71% at July 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 01/01/22 to 07/01/36 (h) (Cost ($66,824,000))			-24.1								(66,824,000	)
				Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest			(55.7	)							(154,500,000	)
				Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders			100.0	%						$	277,168,442

Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

AMT		Alternative Minimum Tax.
COPs		Certificates of Participation.
(a)		Underlying security related to inverse floater entered into by the Fund.
(b)		Prerefunded to call date shown.
(c)		A portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts.
(d)		Resale is restricted to qualified institutional investors.
(e)		Security is a “Step-up” bond where the coupon increases on a predetermined future date.
(f)		The Fund invests in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class, an open-end management investment company managed by the Investment Adviser. Investment Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to the advisory and administrative service fees paid by Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class with respect to assets invested by the Fund in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class .
(g)		Capital appreciation bond.
(h)		Floating rate note and dealer trusts obligations related to securities held — The Trust enters into transactions in which it transfers to Dealer Trusts (“Dealer Trusts”), fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The Dealer Trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interest in the bonds. The Trust enters into shortfall agreements with the Dealer Trusts which commit the Trust to pay the Dealer Trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the Dealer Trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the Dealer Trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts.

		The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities. The notes issued by the Dealer Trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the Dealer Trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At July 31, 2009, Trust investments with a value of $106,019,678 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $66,824,000 in floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date.
(i)		Securities have been designated as collateral in connection with open futures contracts and inverse floating rate municipal obligations.
(j)		The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes.

Bond Insurance:

AGC		Assured Guaranty Corporation.
AMBAC		AMBAC Assurance Corporation.
FGIC		Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.
FSA		Financial Security Assurance Inc.
NATL-RE		National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation.
XLCA		XL Capital Assurance Inc.

Futures Contracts Open at July 31, 2009:

														UNREALIZED
NUMBER OF								DESCRIPTION, DELIVERY		UNDERLYING FACE				APPRECIATION/
CONTRACTS				LONG/SHORT				MONTH AND YEAR		AMOUNT AT VALUE				(DEPRECIATION)
	14			Long				U.S. Treasury Notes 5 Year September 2009		$	1,615,359			$	(313	)
	4			Long				U.S. Treasury Bond 2 Year September 2009			866,312				366
	23			Short				U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Year September 2009			(2,697,469	)			(25,723	)
	267			Short				U.S. Treasury Notes 20 Year September 2009			(31,773,000	)			(982,283	)
								Net Unrealized Depreciation						$	(1,007,952	)

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust
Notes to the Portfolio of Investments
SFAS 157 Disclosure
7/31/2009

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), effective November 1, 2008. In accordance with SFAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. SFAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each security.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

		Fair Value Measurements at July 31, 2009 Using
						Unadjusted
						Quoted Prices In				Significant				Significant
						Active Market for				Other Observable				Unobservable
						Identical Investments				Inputs				Inputs
Investment Type		Total				(Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)
Assets
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds		$	480,788,118				—			$	480,788,118				—
Short-Term Investment — Investment Company			6,881,704			$	6,881,704				—				—
Futures			366				366				—				—
Total		$	487,670,188			$	6,882,070			$	480,788,118				—
Liabilities
Futures			($1,008,318	)			($1,008,318	)			—				—

Valuation of Investments — (1) portfolio securities are valued by an outside independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. The pricing service uses both a computerized grid matrix of tax-exempt securities and evaluations by its staff, in each case based on information concerning market transactions and quotations from dealers which reflect the mean between the last reported bid and asked price. The portfolio securities are thus valued by reference to a combination of transactions and quotations for the same or other securities believed to be comparable in quality, coupon, maturity, type of issue, call provisions, trading characteristics and other features deemed to be relevant. The Trustees believe that timely and reliable market quotations are generally not readily available for purposes of valuing tax-exempt securities and that the valuations supplied by the pricing service are more likely to approximate the fair value of such securities; (2) futures are valued at the latest sale price on the commodities exchange on which they trade unless it is determined that such price does not reflect their market value, in which case they will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees; (3) interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers; (4) investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day; and (5) short-term debt securities having a maturity date of more than sixty days at time of purchase are valued on a mark-to-market basis until sixty days prior to maturity and thereafter at amortized cost based on their value on the 61st day. Short-term debt securities having a maturity date of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust’s in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b) There were no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

September 17, 2009

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

September 17, 2009

September 17, 2009