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		10036
(Address of principal executive offices)		(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, 2010

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2010

 

 

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 § January 31, 2010 (unaudited)

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (167.3%)
				Alaska (0.9%)
$	4,000			Northern Tobacco Securitization Corp., Asset Backed Ser 2006 A			5.00	%			06/01/46			$	2,701,000
				Arizona (5.8%)
	2,000			Arizona State Transportation Board, Highway Refg Ser 2002 A			5.25				07/01/19				2,185,920
	650			Maricopa County, Pollution Control Corp., Ser 2009 A			6.00				05/01/29				684,086
	3,000			Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Airport Ser 2002 B (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.25				07/01/32				2,976,420
	3,800			Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Jr Lien Water Ser 2002 (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				07/01/26				3,853,466
	6,000			Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, 2002 Ser B (a)			5.00				01/01/31				6,210,111
	2,000			Surprise Municipal Property Corp., Ser 2007			4.90				04/01/32				1,607,540
															17,517,543
				California (27.8%)
	1,575			Alhambra Unified School District, Ser 2009 B (AGC Insd) (b)			0.00				08/01/35				310,417
	2,545			Alhambra Unified School District, Ser 2009 B (AGC Insd) (b)			0.00				08/01/36				468,254
	2,000			California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ser 2005			5.00				11/15/34				1,878,240
	2,000			California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Kaiser Permanente Ser 2006 A			5.25				04/01/39				1,916,400
	5,000			California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, Bay Area Toll Bridges 1st Lien Ser 2003 (AMBAC Insd) (a)			5.00				01/01/28	(c)			5,856,409
	3,000			California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, The Scripps Research Institute Ser 2005 A			5.00				07/01/29				3,085,890
	6,000			California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Keller Canyon Landfill Co./Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. Ser 1992 (AMT)			6.875				11/01/27				6,006,120
	4,000			California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Baptist University Ser 2007 A			5.40				11/01/27				3,333,400
	5,000			California Statewide Communities Development Authority, John Muir Health Ser 2006 A			5.00				08/15/32				4,784,850
	960			City & County of San Francisco, Laguna Honda Hospital Refg Ser 2008-R3 (AGC Insd) (a)			5.00				06/15/28				983,261
	4,000			City of Los Angeles, Ser 2004 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				09/01/24				4,270,400
	1,000			County of San Diego, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Ser 2006 (COPs)			5.00				09/01/34				825,530
	4,685			Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Election 2008 Ser 2009 (b)			0.00				08/01/40				600,336
	4,535			Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Election 2008 Ser 2009 (b)			0.00				08/01/41				543,248
	6,000			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (AMBAC Insd)			5.00				06/01/29				5,484,960
	5,100			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A-1			5.125				06/01/47				3,522,723
	1,150			Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A-1			5.75				06/01/47				878,197
	1,745			Moreland School District, Ser 2014 C (AMBAC Insd) (b)			0.00				08/01/29				509,610
	1,270			Oak Grove School District, Election 2008 Ser A (b)			0.00				08/01/28				408,813
	110			Port of Oakland, Ser 2002 L (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/01/12	(c)			122,473
	445			Port of Oakland, Ser 2002 L (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/01/12	(c)			495,454

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
$	890			Port of Oakland, Ser 2002 L (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00	%			11/01/21			$	870,820
	3,555			Port of Oakland, Ser 2002 L (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/01/32				3,164,981
	22,685			San Bernardino Community College District, Election 2008 Ser B (b)			0.00				08/01/44				2,288,009
	3,720			San Diego County Water Authority, Ser 2002 A (COPs) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				05/01/27				3,823,007
	2,500			San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission, Ser 2009 A			5.00				11/01/27				2,662,700
	720			San Rafael City High School District, Election Ser 2002 B (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd) (b)			0.00				08/01/25				294,034
	16,000			Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority Tobacco Settlement, Santa Clara Tobacco Securitization Corp. Ser 2007 (b)			0.00				06/01/36				1,693,920
	4,000			State of California, Ser 2004 A			5.00				07/01/16				4,164,200
	5,000			State of California, Various Purpose Dtd 05/01/03			5.25				02/01/19				5,241,200
	5,000			Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Sacramento County Tobacco Securitization Corporation Ser 2006 A-1			5.00				06/01/37				3,788,750
	1,350			Twin Rivers Unified School District, Ser 2009 (BANs) (b)			0.00				04/01/14				1,181,304
	2,760			University of California, Ser 2007-J (AGM Insd) (a)			4.50				05/15/31				2,717,103
	2,240			University of California, Ser 2007-J (AGM Insd) (a)			4.50				05/15/35				2,154,189
	500			University of California, Ser 2009 O			5.25				05/15/39				524,510
	10,100			William S. Hart Union High School District, Ser 2009 A (b)			0.00				08/01/32				2,306,941
															83,160,653
				Colorado (3.1%)
	2,000			Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Peak to Peak Charter School Refg & Impr Ser 2004 (XLCA Insd)			5.25				08/15/34				1,956,740
	2,000			Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2006 D			5.00				07/01/39				2,014,880
	1,750			County of Boulder, University Corp. for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				09/01/18				1,893,640
	1,750			County of Boulder, University Corp. for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				09/01/21				1,890,052
	1,590			Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority, Refg Ser 2006 (XLCA Insd)			5.00				12/01/30				1,353,488
	265			Public Authority for Colorado Energy, Natural Gas Ser 2008			6.25				11/15/28				285,159
															9,393,959
				Connecticut (1.7%)
	5,000			Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, SubSer A-2 (AMT)			5.15				05/15/38				5,012,350
				Delaware (0.3%)
	1,000			County of New Castle, Newark Charter School Inc Ser 2006			5.00				09/01/36				807,010
				District of Columbia (1.8%)
	6,000			District of Columbia Ballpark, Ser 2006 B-1 (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				02/01/31				5,441,700
				Florida (8.7%)
	2,000			Broward County School Board, Ser 2001 A (COPs) (AGM Insd)			5.00				07/01/26				2,017,620
	2,000			County of Miami-Dade, Building Better Communities Program Ser 2009 B-1			6.00				07/01/38				2,208,300
	1,250			County of Miami-Dade, Miami International Airport Ser 2009 A (AGC Insd)			5.00				10/01/25				1,299,500

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
$	75			Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/Sunbelt Ser 2006 C			5.25	%			11/15/16	(c)		$	88,634
	2,925			Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/Sunbelt Ser 2006 C			5.25				11/15/36				2,926,404
	3,300			Jacksonville Electric Authority, St Johns Power Park Refg Issue 2 Ser 17			5.00				10/01/18				3,487,605
	1,500			Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Shell Point Village/The Alliance Community for Retirement Living Inc., Ser 2006			5.125				11/15/36				1,163,130
	1,200			Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority, Ser 2009 (BHAC Insd)			5.50				10/01/23				1,353,084
	12,000			South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Baptist Health South Florida Ser 2007			5.00				08/15/42				11,498,040
															26,042,317
				Georgia (3.9%)
	2,000			City of Atlanta, Airport Ser 2004 J (AGM Insd)			5.00				01/01/34				2,005,980
	6,000			Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2003			5.00				10/01/22				6,371,580
	3,000			Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2003			5.00				10/01/23				3,178,080
															11,555,640
				Hawaii (3.5%)
	10,000			City & County of Honolulu, Ser 2003 A (NATL-RE Insd) (a)			5.25				03/01/26				10,489,900
				Idaho (1.2%)
	20			Idaho Housing & Finance Association, Ser 1992 E (AMT)			6.75				07/01/12				20,051
	655			Idaho Housing & Finance Association, Ser 2000 E (AMT)			6.00				01/01/32				688,392
	2,600			Idaho Housing & Finance Association, Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd)			5.25				07/15/23				2,868,398
															3,576,841
				Illinois (8.5%)
	4,000			City of Chicago, O’ Hare Int’l Airport Third Lien Ser 2003 B-2 (AMT) (AGM Insd)			5.75				01/01/23				4,131,320
	7,250			City of Chicago, Project & Refg Ser 2007 A (CR) (AGM & FGIC Insd) (a)(d)			5.00				01/01/37				7,291,804
	1,650			Illinois Finance Authority, Resurrection Health Center, Refg Ser 2009			6.125				05/15/25				1,641,404
	645			Illinois Finance Authority, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group Ser 2009 A			7.25				11/01/38				706,107
	830			Illinois Finance Authority, Ser 2009 B			5.00				08/15/16				903,762
	1,155			Illinois Finance Authority, Swedish Covenant Hospital Ser 2010 A (e)			5.75				08/15/29				1,144,270
	1,235			Illinois Finance Authority, Swedish Covenant Hospital Ser 2010 A (e)			6.00				08/15/38				1,224,947
	6,000			State of Illinois, First Ser 2002 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.375				07/01/20				6,426,840
	2,000			Village of Schaumburg, Ser 2004 B (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.25				12/01/34				2,067,340
															25,537,794
				Indiana (6.0%)
	10,000			Indiana Bond Bank, Revolving Fund Ser 2001 A			5.00				02/01/23				10,438,100
	5,400			Indiana Health & Educational Facilities Financing Authority, Clarian Health Ser 2006 A			5.25				02/15/40				5,081,778
	1,400			Marion County Convention & Recreational Facilities Authority, Refg Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd)			5.00				06/01/21				1,425,522
	820			Rockport, Indian Michigan Power Company Project Refg Ser 2009 B			6.25				06/01/25				913,234
															17,858,634
				Iowa (1.3%)
	2,120			State of Iowa, LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)(d)			5.00				06/01/25				2,301,916

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
$	1,590			State of Iowa, LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)(d)			5.00	%			06/01/26			$	1,716,368
															4,018,284
				Kansas (0.3%)
	730			Kansas Development Finance Authority Hospital Revenue, Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Ser 2009 C			5.50				11/15/29				770,084
				Louisiana (0.5%)
	1,500			Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority, Deepwater Port Ser 2007 B-2			4.30				10/01/37				1,534,110
				Maryland (2.1%)
	1,105			County of Baltimore, Oak Crest Village Ser 2007 A			5.00				01/01/37				967,582
	1,080			Maryland Economic Development Corp., Ser B			5.75				06/01/35				1,095,034
	2,885			Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, King Farm Presbyterian Community 2006 Ser B			5.00				01/01/17				2,648,170
	1,700			Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, University of Maryland Medical Ser 2006 A			5.00				07/01/41				1,650,139
															6,360,925
				Massachusetts (0.6%)
	1,600			Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Boston College Ser 2008 M-2			5.50				06/01/30				1,889,776
				Michigan (3.3%)
	3,000			County of Wayne, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Refg Ser 2002 D (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.50				12/01/17				3,049,410
	5,000			Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit Edison Co. Ser 2001 C (AMT)			5.65				09/01/29				5,000,450
	1,855			Wayne State University, Refg Ser 2008 (AGM Insd)			5.00				11/15/25				1,953,445
															10,003,305
				Minnesota (0.7%)
	2,000			Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Ser 2003 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				01/01/30				2,023,200
				Missouri (0.4%)
	135			Missouri Housing Development Commission, Homeownership Ser 2000 B-1 (AMT)			6.25				03/01/31				139,882
	1,125			Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Lutheran Senior Services Ser 2005 A			5.375				02/01/35				1,029,105
															1,168,987
				Montana (0.8%)
	2,410			Montana Board of Housing, 2000 Ser B (AMT)			6.00				12/01/29				2,490,398
				Nevada (4.4%)
	2,000			County of Clark, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2004 A-1 (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.50				07/01/20				2,045,920
	1,000			County of Clark, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/19				970,140
	1,100			County of Clark, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/20				1,065,009
	2,000			County of Clark, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)			5.375				07/01/22				1,909,200
	1,000			County of Clark, McCarran International Airport Ser 2010 A (e)			5.125				07/01/34				978,820
	640			Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Tax Increment Ser 2009 A			6.25				06/15/16				711,949
	5,345			Las Vegas Valley Water District, Water Impr Refg Ser 2003 A (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.25				06/01/20				5,614,495
															13,295,533

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				New Hampshire (0.2%)
$	655			New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Ser 2009 (AMT)			7.125	%			07/01/27			$	697,811
				New Jersey (9.2%)
	2,000			New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Ser N-1 (AMBAC Insd)			5.50				09/01/24				2,262,660
	1,430			New Jersey St Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, Home Buyer Ser 2000 CC (AMT) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.875				10/01/31				1,436,921
	1,500			New Jersey State Turnpike Authority, Ser 2003 A (FGIC Insd)			5.00				01/01/27				1,531,590
	5,000			New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, 1999 Ser A			5.75				06/15/20				5,821,100
	10,000			Passaic Valley Sewage Commissioners, Ser F (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				12/01/20				10,024,600
	5,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Ser 2007-1 A			4.625				06/01/26				4,166,200
	6,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Ser 2007-1 B (b)			0.00				06/01/41				387,060
	2,000			University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Ser 2004 (COPs) (NATL-RE Insd)			5.25				06/15/23				2,031,500
															27,661,631
				New York (22.1%)
	820			Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Ser 2009			6.25				07/15/40				844,223
	340			Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Ser 2009			6.375				07/15/43				348,653
	2,380			City of New York, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)			5.25				08/15/27				2,559,082
	2,380			City of New York, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)			5.25				08/15/28				2,559,082
	10,000			Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Refg Ser 2002 A (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				11/15/25				10,312,100
	3,500			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Ser 2002 A			5.375				06/15/19				3,799,285
	18,000			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Ser 2002 B (a)			5.00				06/15/26				18,422,820
	3,000			New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Ser 2003 A			5.00				06/15/35				3,050,130
	2,040			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/28				2,179,325
	1,635			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/29				1,746,665
	1,635			New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)			5.00				05/01/30				1,746,665
	1,935			New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)			5.00				04/01/26				2,096,000
	2,815			New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)			5.00				04/01/27				3,049,220
	1,100			New York State Dormitory Authority, New York University (AMBAC Insd)			5.50				05/15/29				1,197,548
	2,000			Seneca Nation Indians, Ser 2007 A (f)			5.00				12/01/23				1,654,640
	5,000			Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Ser 2003 B-1C			5.50				06/01/17				5,226,400
	5,000			Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refg 2002 E (NATL-RE Insd) (a)			5.25				11/15/22				5,358,649
															66,150,487
				North Carolina (1.6%)
	4,500			City of Charlotte, Water/Sewer Ser 2001			5.125				06/01/26				4,674,285
				North Dakota (0.8%)
	2,750			County of Ward, Trinity Ser 2006			5.125				07/01/29				2,441,422

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
				Ohio (5.5%)
$	5,100			American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd) (a)			5.25	%			02/15/33			$	5,307,379
	5,370			County of Cuyahoga, Cleveland Clinic Ser 2003 A			6.00				01/01/32				5,636,513
	3,000			County of Lorain, Catholic Healthcare Partners Ser 2001 A			5.625				10/01/17				3,108,960
	2,000			Ohio State University, General Receipts Ser 2002 A			5.125				12/01/31				2,055,980
	410			Ohio State Water Development Authority, Ser 2009 A			5.875				06/01/33				446,490
															16,555,322
				Oklahoma (0.4%)
	1,500			Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Great Plains Regional Medical Center Ser 2007			5.125				12/01/36				1,257,810
				Oregon (0.3%)
	685			Oregon State Department of Administrative Services, Ser 2009 A			5.25				04/01/24				774,303
				Pennsylvania (1.0%)
	4,000			Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, West Penn Allegheny Health Ser 2007 A			5.375				11/15/40				2,962,200
				Puerto Rico (1.4%)
	1,375			Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2009 A			5.00				08/01/39				1,444,272
	1,225			Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2010 A (e)			5.375				08/01/39				1,209,810
	1,400			Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2010 A (e)			5.50				08/01/42				1,389,514
															4,043,596
				South Carolina (5.4%)
	3,000			Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp., Charleston County School District Ser 2005			5.25				12/01/29				3,097,110
	345			County of Richland, Environmental Improvement, Paper Co. Ser 2007 A			4.60				09/01/12				349,437
	70			Lexington County Health Services District, Inc., Ser 2007 A			5.00				11/01/16				75,578
	5,000			South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Refg Ser 2002 D (AGM Insd)			5.00				01/01/20				5,334,450
	7,000			South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd) (a)			5.00				01/01/22				7,380,805
															16,237,380
				Tennessee (0.6%)
	1,620			Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Ser 2006 A			5.25				09/01/19				1,649,614
				Texas (20.4%)
	2,000			Alliance Airport Authority, Federal Express Corp. Refg Ser 2006 (AMT)			4.85				04/01/21				1,975,100
	1,045			Bexar County Health Facilities Development Corp. (e)			6.20				07/01/45				1,048,908
	2,500			City of Arlington, Special Tax Ser 2009			5.00				08/15/28				2,541,775
	10,000			City of Austin, Water & Wastewater Refg Ser 2001 A & B (AGM Insd) (a)			5.125				05/15/27				10,341,142
	6,000			City of Houston, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (AGM Insd)			5.875				07/01/17				6,091,500
	5,120			City of Houston, Combined Utility First Lien Refg 2004 Ser A (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.25				05/15/23				5,405,696
	2,000			City of Houston, Ser 2009 A			5.00				03/01/27				2,141,640
	5,000			City of Houston, Ser A 2001 (AMT) (AGM Insd)			5.625				07/01/30				5,008,750
	8,960			City of San Antonio, (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)			5.00				05/15/26				9,183,194
	2,500			County of Bexar, Ser 2009 A			5.00				06/15/35				2,589,800
	2,380			County of Harris, Ser 2007 C (AGM Insd)			5.25				08/15/31				2,731,954
	600			Harris County Industrial Development Corp., Deer Park Refinancing Project			5.00				02/01/23				599,940

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PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN						COUPON				MATURITY
THOUSANDS						RATE				DATE				VALUE
$	8,600			North Texas Tollway Authority, Refg Ser 2008 D (AGC Insd) (b)			0.00	%			01/01/28			$	3,097,376
	1,650			North Texas Tollway Authority, Refg Ser 2008 D (AGC Insd) (b)			0.00				01/01/31				486,833
	2,000			Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Air Force Village II Inc Ser 2007			5.125				05/15/37				1,666,040
	915			Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., Senior Lien			6.875				12/31/39				956,605
	5,100			University of Houston/TX, Ser 2008 (AGM Insd) (a)			5.00				02/15/33				5,235,762
															61,102,015
				Vermont (0.7%)
	2,500			Vermont Economic Development Authority, Wake Robin Corp Ser 2006 A			5.375				05/01/36				2,066,350
				Virginia (1.5%)
	2,000			Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Goodwin House, Inc. Ser 2007			5.125				10/01/42				1,811,120
	1,450			Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Cantebury-Management Corp. Ser 2006			5.00				10/01/27				1,268,866
	1,750			Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Cantebury-Management Corp. Ser 2006			5.00				10/01/35				1,452,552
															4,532,538
				Washington (8.6%)
	5,000			Energy Northwest, Ser 2002 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.75				07/01/18				5,478,450
	5,000			Grant County Public Utility District No. 2, Electric Refg Ser 2001 H (AGM Insd)			5.375				01/01/18				5,340,100
	2,510			Port of Seattle, Passenger Facility Ser 1998 A (NATL-RE Insd)			5.00				12/01/23				2,516,200
	2,500			Spokane County School District No. 81, Ser 2005 (NATL-RE Insd)			5.125				06/01/23				2,667,550
	3,725			State of Washington, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)			5.00				08/01/29				3,979,141
	3,915			State of Washington, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)			5.00				08/01/30				4,182,104
	1,500			Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Providence Health Ser 2006 C (AGM Insd)			5.25				10/01/33				1,538,790
															25,702,335
				Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $500,095,767)											501,159,042

NUMBER OF
SHARES (000)
				Short-Term Investment (g) (3.1%)
				Investment Company
	9,199			Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class (Cost $9,198,512)							9,198,512
				Total Investments (Cost $509,294,279) (h)(i)			170.4	%			510,357,554
				Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets			(0.5	)			(1,521,750	)
				Floating Rate Note and Dealer Trusts Obligations Related to Securities Held
				Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.16% to 0.25% at January 31, 2010 and contractual maturity dates of collateral ranging from 01/01/22 to 01/01/37 (j)			(23.9	)			(71,659,000	)
				Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest			(46.0	)			(137,650,000	)
				Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders			100.0	%		$	299,526,804

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued

COPs		Certificates of Participation.
CR		Custodial Receipts.
(a)		Underlying security related to inverse floater entered into by the Trust.
(b)		Capital appreciation bond.
(c)		Prefunded to call date shown.
(d)		Security is subject to a shortfall agreement which may require the Trust to pay amounts to a counterparty in the event of a significant decline in the market value of the security underlying the inverse floater. In case of a shortfall, the maximum potential amount of payments the Trust could ultimately be required to make under the agreement is $7,335,000. However, such shortfall payment would be reduced by the proceeds from the sale of the security underlying the inverse floater.
(e)		Security purchased on a when-issued basis.
(f)		Resale is restricted to qualified institutional investors.
(g)		The Trust 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 Trust 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 Trust in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class.
(h)		Securities have been designated as collateral in connection with securities purchased on a when-issued basis and inverse floating rate municipal obligations.
(i)		The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes.
(j)		Floating rate note 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 Trust (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 January 31, 2010, the Trust’s investments with a value of $115,864,902 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $71,659,000 in floating rate note and dealer trusts obligations outstanding at that date.

Bond Insurance:

AGC		Assured Guaranty Corporation.
AGM		Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation.
AMBAC		AMBAC Assurance Corporation.
BHAC		Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation.
FGIC		Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.
NATL-RE		National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation.
XLCA		XL Capital Assurance Inc.

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust*

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited)

Fair Valuation Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that the Trust 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. GAAP utilizes 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 Trust’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 Trust’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 the summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2010 in valuing the Trust’s investments carried at fair value:

		FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AT JANUARY 31, 2010 USING
						UNADJUSTED
						QUOTED PRICES IN
						ACTIVE MARKET				OTHER
						FOR				SIGNIFICANT				SIGNIFICANT
						IDENTICAL				OBSERVABLE				UNOBSERVABLE
						INVESTMENTS				INPUTS				INPUTS
INVESTMENT TYPE		TOTAL				(LEVEL 1)				(LEVEL 2)				(LEVEL 3)
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds		$	501,159,042				—			$	501,159,042				—
Short-Term Investment — Investment Company			9,198,512			$	9,198,512				—				—
Total		$	510,357,554			$	9,198,512			$	501,159,042				—

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 ask 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 represent 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 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.

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

/s/ Randy Takian
Randy Takian
Principal Executive Officer
March 23, 2010

     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.

/s/ Randy Takian
Randy Takian
Principal Executive Officer
March 23, 2010

/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer
March 23, 2010