N-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06591

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: 212-296-6990

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2008

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 1. Schedule of Investments
	Item 2. Controls and Procedures
	Item 3. Exhibits
SIGNATURES

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, 2008 (unaudited)

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN			COUPON			MATURITY
THOUSANDS			RATE			DATE			VALUE
		Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (170.0%)
		Alabama (1.2%)
$	3,700	University of Alabama, Ser 2004-A (MBIA Insd)		5.25	%		07/01/22		$	3,860,173
		Alaska (0.9%)
	4,000	Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2006 A		5.00			06/01/46			2,834,440
		Arizona (5.3%)
	2,000	Arizona Transportation Board, Highway Refg Ser 2002 A		5.25			07/01/19			2,149,780
	3,000	Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Airport Ser 2002 B (AMT) (FGIC Insd)		5.25			07/01/32			2,787,840
	3,800	Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Jr Lien Water Ser 2002 (FGIC Insd)		5.00			07/01/26			3,844,270
	6,000	Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, 2002 Ser B (a)		5.00			01/01/31			6,089,550
	2,000	Surprise Municipal Property Corporation Ser 2007		4.90			04/01/32			1,734,340
										16,605,780
		California (30.3%)
	2,000	California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ser 2005		5.00			11/15/34			1,890,880
	2,000	California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Kaiser Permanente Ser 2006 A		5.25			04/01/39			1,892,220
	3,000	California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, The Scripps Research Institute Ser 2005 A		5.00			07/01/29			3,038,370
	5,000	California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, The Scripps Research Institute Ser 2005 A (a)		5.00			01/01/28	(b)		5,338,000
	6,000	California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Keller Canyon Landfill Co/Browning-Ferris Industries Inc Ser 1992 (AMT)		6.875			11/01/27			5,916,720
	10,000	California State Economic Recovery Ser 2004 A (a)		5.00			07/01/16			10,525,700
	5,000	California Statewide Communities Development, John Muir Health Ser 2006 A		5.00			08/15/32			4,668,699
	4,000	California Statewide Communities Development, Baptist University Ser 2007 A		5.40			11/01/27			3,632,360
	5,000	California, Various Purpose Dtd 05/01/03		5.25			02/01/19			5,199,600
	16,000	California, Various Purpose Dtd 11/01/06 (a)		4.50			10/01/36			14,180,160
	6,000	Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (AMBAC Insd)		5.00			06/01/29			5,665,740
	4,000	Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A		5.75			06/01/47			3,285,200
	8,000	Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A-1		5.125			06/01/47			5,905,759
	4,000	Los Angeles Ser 2004 A (MBIA Insd)		5.00			09/01/24			4,111,680
	4,000	Port of Oakland Ser 2002 L (AMT) (FGIC Insd)		5.00			11/01/32			3,600,200
	3,720	San Diego County Water Authority Ser 2002 A COPs (MBIA Insd)		5.00			05/01/27			3,765,161
	1,000	San Diego County, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Ser 2006 COPs		5.00			09/01/34			874,280
	960	San Francisco City and County, Laguna Honda Hospital Ser 2008 R3 (AGC Insd) (a)		5.00			06/15/28			969,955
	16,000	Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority Tobacco Settlement, Santa Clara Tobacco Securitization Corp Ser 2007		0.00			06/01/36			1,774,080
	5,000	Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Sacramento County Tobacco Securitization Corporation Ser 2006 A-1		5.00			06/01/37			3,713,600
	2,760	University of California Ser 2007-J (FSA Insd) (a)		4.50			05/15/31			2,676,145
	2,240	University of California Ser 2007-J (FSA Insd) (a)		4.50			05/15/35			2,145,919
										94,770,428
		Colorado (2.9%)
	1,750	Boulder County, University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (MBIA Insd)		5.375			09/01/18			1,840,773
	1,750	Boulder County, University Corp for Atmospheric Research Ser 2002 (MBIA Insd)		5.375			09/01/21			1,822,555
	2,000	Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Peak to Peak Charter School Refg & Impr Ser 2004 (XLCA Insd)		5.25			08/15/34			1,915,180
	2,000	Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2006 D		5.25			11/15/35			1,902,520
	1,590	Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority Refg Ser 2006 (XLCA Insd)		5.00			12/01/30			1,362,535

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN			COUPON		MATURITY
THOUSANDS			RATE		DATE			VALUE
	265	Public Authority For Colorado Energy Ser 2008		6.25		11/15/28			259,016
									9,102,579
		Connecticut (1.4%)
	5,000	Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, SubSer A-2 (AMT)		5.15		05/15/38			4,413,550
		Delaware (0.3%)
	1,000	New Castle County, Newark Charter School Inc Ser 2006		5.00		09/01/36			823,520
		District of Columbia (1.8%)
	6,000	District of Columbia Ballpark Ser 2006 B-1 (FGIC Insd)		5.00		02/01/31			5,513,940
		Florida (7.8%)
	2,000	Broward County School Board Ser 2001 A COPs (FSA Insd)		5.00		07/01/26			1,995,220
	3,500	Broward County Water & Sewer Utility Ser 2003 (MBIA Insd)		5.00		10/01/24			3,571,575
	3,000	Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/Sunbelt Ser 2006 C		5.25		11/15/36			2,863,800
	3,300	Jacksonville Electric Authority, St Johns Power Park Refg Issue 2 Ser 17		5.00		10/01/18			3,433,419
	1,500	Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Shell Point Village/ The Alliance Community for Retirement Living Inc, Ser 2006		5.125		11/15/36			1,218,030
	3,000	South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Baptist Health South Florida Ser 2007 (a)		5.00		08/15/42			11,418,180
									24,500,224
		Georgia (3.9%)
	3,000	Atlanta, Airport Ser 2004 J (FSA Insd)		5.00		01/01/34			2,949,000
	6,000	Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority Ser 2004		5.00		10/01/22			6,198,840
	3,000	Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority Ser 2004		5.00		10/01/23			3,084,420
									12,232,260
		Hawaii (6.1%)
	8,000	Hawaii, 1992 Ser BZ		6.00		10/01/11			8,777,920
	10,000	Honolulu City & County Ser 2003 A (MBIA Insd) (a)		5.25		03/01/26			10,266,750
									19,044,670
		Idaho (1.2%)
	90	Idaho Housing Agency, 1992 Ser E (AMT)		6.75		07/01/12			91,668
	835	Idaho Housing & Finance Association, 2000 Ser E (AMT)		6.00		01/01/32			858,104
	2,600	Idaho Housing & Finance Association 2008 Ser A		5.25		07/15/23			2,787,382
									3,737,154
		Illinois (5.3%)
	4,000	Chicago, O’ Hare Int’l Airport Third Lien Ser 2003 B-2 (AMT) (FSA Insd)		5.75		01/01/23			4,040,480
	4,000	Cook County Ser 1992 C (FGIC Insd)		6.00		11/15/09			4,201,960
	6,000	Illinois, First Ser 2002 (MBIA Insd)		5.375		07/01/20			6,339,600
	2,000	Schaumburg Ser 2004 B (FGIC Insd)		5.25		12/01/34			2,020,220
									16,602,260
		Indiana (5.5%)
	10,000	Indiana Bond Bank, Revolving Fund Ser 2001 A		5.00		02/01/23			10,251,000
	6,000	Indiana Health & Educational Facility Financing Authority, Clarian Health Ser 2006 A		5.25		02/15/40			5,557,200
	1,400	Marion County Convention & Recreational Facilities Authority, Refg Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd)		5.00		06/01/21			1,432,158
									17,240,358
		Kansas (0.8%)
	3,000	University of Kansas Hospital Authority, KU Health Ser 2002		4.50		09/01/32			2,555,850
		Kentucky (1.6%)
	5,000	Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, Ser 1999 A (FGIC Insd)		5.75		05/15/33			5,128,400
		Maryland (3.3%)
	2,000	Baltimore County, Oak Crest Village Ser 2007 A		5.00		01/01/37			1,786,020
	3,000	Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, King Farm Presbyterian Community 2006 Ser B		5.00		01/01/17			2,818,020
	1,500	Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, University of Maryland Medical Ser 2002		6.00		07/01/12	(b)		1,657,185
	2,000	Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, University of Maryland Medical Ser 2006 A		5.00		07/01/41			1,883,260
	2,000	Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Montgomery County Ser 2003 (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)		5.50		04/01/16			2,050,880
									10,195,365
		Michigan (4.8%)
	6,000	Michigan Hospital Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health Refg Ser 2006 A		5.25		11/15/46			5,416,440
	5,000	Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit Edison Co Ser 2001 C (AMT)		5.65		09/01/29			4,628,800
	3,000	Wayne County, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Refg Ser 2002 D (AMT) (FGIC Insd)		5.50		12/01/17			2,994,120

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN			COUPON		MATURITY
THOUSANDS			RATE		DATE		VALUE
	1,855	Wayne State University, Refg Ser 2008 (FSA Insd)		5.00		11/15/25		1,905,957
								14,945,317
		Minnesota (0.6%)
	2,000	Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, 2003 Ser A (MBIA Insd)		5.00		01/01/30		1,941,060
		Missouri (1.1%)
	2,250	Gravois Bluffs Transportation Development District, Sales Tax Ser 2007		4.75		05/01/32		1,941,795
	1,500	Missouri Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Lutheran Senior Services Ser 2005 A		5.375		02/01/35		1,350,750
	180	Missouri Housing Development Commission, Homeownership Ser 2000 B-1 (AMT)		6.25		03/01/31		185,180
								3,477,725
		Montana (0.9%)
	2,825	Montana Board of Housing, 2000 Ser B (AMT)		6.00		12/01/29		2,859,550
		Nevada (4.2%)
	2,000	Clark County, Airport SubLien Ser 2004 A-1 (AMT) (FGIC Insd)		5.50		07/01/20		1,924,660
	1,000	Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)		5.375		07/01/19		973,010
	1,100	Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)		5.375		07/01/20		1,058,288
	2,000	Clark County, Jet Aviation Fuel Tax Ser 2003 C (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)		5.375		07/01/22		1,887,560
	5,345	Las Vegas Valley Water District, Water Impr Refg Ser 2003 A (FGIC Insd)		5.25		06/01/20		5,580,020
	2,000	Reno, Renown Regional Medical Center Ser 2007 A		5.25		06/01/37		1,836,200
								13,259,738
		New Jersey (12.0%)
	2,000	New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Cigarette Tax Ser 2004		5.75		06/15/29		1,879,680
	1,565	New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Authority, Home Buyer Ser 2000 CC (AMT) (MBIA Insd)		5.875		10/01/31		1,604,125
	5,000	New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, 1999 Ser A		5.75		06/15/20		5,645,950
	12,000	New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Ser 2003 A (FGIC Insd) (c)		5.00		01/01/27		11,759,039
	10,000	Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Ser F (FGIC Insd)		5.00		12/01/20		10,038,300
	5,000	Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Ser 2007-1 A		4.625		06/01/26		4,104,900
	6,000	Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Ser 2007-1 B		0.00		06/01/41		445,320
	2,000	University of Medicine & Dentistry Ser 2004 COPs (MBIA Insd)		5.25		06/15/23		2,014,940
								37,492,254
		New Mexico (1.0%)
	3,000	Rio Rancho, Water & Wastewater Refg Ser 1999 (AMBAC Insd)		5.25		05/15/19		3,052,440
		New York (15.9%)
	10,000	Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Refg Ser 2002 A (FGIC Insd)		5.00		11/15/25		9,907,900
	5,000	Nassau County Tobacco Settlement Corporation Ser 2006 A-3		5.125		06/01/46		4,116,500
	3,500	New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority Ser A-2003		5.375		06/15/19		3,706,290
	18,000	New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 2002 Ser B (a)		5.00		06/15/26		4,656,960
	10,000	New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 2004 Ser A		5.00		06/15/35		10,055,200
	1,190	New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)		5.00		04/01/26		2,121,830
	2,815	New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)		5.00		04/01/27		2,925,721
	2,000	Seneca Nation of Indians Ser 2007 A (d)		5.00		12/01/23		1,720,960
	5,000	Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, State Contingency Ser 2003 B-1C		5.50		06/01/17		5,162,150
	5,000	Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Refg 2002 E (MBIA Insd) (a)		5.25		11/15/22		5,199,575
								49,573,086
		North Carolina (1.5%)
	4,500	Charlotte, Water & Sewer Ser 2001		5.125		06/01/26		4,609,215
		North Dakota (0.8%)
	2,750	Ward County, Trinity Ser 2006		5.125		07/01/29		2,512,620
		Ohio (5.1%)
	5,100	American Municipal Power — Ohio, Inc. Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd) (a)		5.25		02/15/33		5,141,769
	5,370	Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Clinic Ser 2003 A		6.00		01/01/32		5,596,507
	3,000	Lorain County, Catholic Healthcare Partners Ser 2001 A		5.625		10/01/17		3,127,410
	2,000	Ohio State University, General Receipts Ser 2002 A		5.125		12/01/31		2,020,360
								15,886,046
		Oklahoma (0.4%)
	1,500	Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Great Plains Medical Center Ser 2007		5.125		12/01/36		1,285,905
		Pennsylvania (4.5%)
	4,000	Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority, West Penn Allegheny Health Ser 2007 A (a)		5.375		11/15/40		3,189,869

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN			COUPON			MATURITY
THOUSANDS			RATE			DATE			VALUE
	10,000	Pennsylvania, First Ser 2003 (MBIA Insd) (a)		5.00			01/01/13	(b)		10,797,650
										13,987,519
		South Carolina (5.0%)
	3,000	Charleston Educational Excellence Financing Corporation, Charleston County School District Ser 2005		5.25			12/01/29			3,028,860
	70	Lexington County Health Services District, Lexmed Inc, Ser 2007 A		5.00			11/01/16			71,082
	5,000	South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refg Ser 2002 D (FSA Insd)		5.00			01/01/20			5,145,150
	7,000	South Carolina Public Service Authority, Refg Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd)		5.00			01/01/22			7,099,627
	345	Richland County, Environmental Improvement, International Paper Company Ser 2007 A		4.60			09/01/12			335,054
										15,679,773
		Tennessee (3.1%)
	2,000	Sullivan County Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board, Wellmont Health Ser 2006 C		5.25			09/01/36			1,775,200
	8,000	Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corporation Ser 2006 A		5.25			09/01/19			7,794,480
										9,569,680
		Texas (21.3%)
	2,000	Alliance Airport Authority, Federal Express Corp Refg Ser 2006 (AMT)		4.85			04/01/21			1,739,520
	10,000	Austin, Water & Wastewater Rrfg Sec 2001 A & B (FSA Insd) (a)		5.125			05/15/27			10,070,680
	5,100	Board of Regents of the University of Houston System Ser 2008 (FSA Insd) (a)		5.00			02/15/33			5,163,584
	6,000	Houston, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA Insd)		5.875			07/01/17			6,202,560
	5,000	Houston, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FSA Insd)		5.625			07/01/30			5,013,650
	12,800	Houston, Combined Utility First Lien Refg 2004 Ser A (FGIC Insd)		5.25			05/15/23			12,983,808
	2,375	Houston Independent School District Ser 2008 (PSF)		5.00			02/15/26			2,424,590
	1,600	Humble Independent School District Ser 2008 A		5.00			02/15/25			1,636,528
	2,350	Northside Independent School District, Bldg & Refg Ser 2001 (PSF)		5.00			02/15/26			2,368,307
	8,600	North Texas Tollway Authority Refg First Tier Ser 2008 D		0.00			01/01/28			2,759,912
	13,960	San Antonio, Water & Refg Ser 2001 (FGIC Insd)		5.00			05/15/26			13,877,636
	2,000	Tarrant County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp, Air Force Village II Inc Ser 2007		5.125			05/15/37			1,751,460
	530	Taxas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corp. Ser 2008 D		6.25			12/15/26			502,816
										66,495,051
		Vermont (0.7%)
	2,500	Vermont Economic Development Authority, Wake Robin Corp Ser 2006 A		5.375			05/01/36			2,060,400
		Virginia (1.5%)
	2,000	Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Goodwin House Inc Ser 2007		5.125			10/01/42			1,721,180
	1,450	Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Canterbury-Management Corp Ser 2006		5.00			10/01/27			1,319,863
	1,750	Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Residential Care Facility, Westminster Canterbury-Management Corp Ser 2006		5.00			10/01/35			1,516,725
										4,557,768
		Washington (6.1%)
	7,000	Energy Northwest, Columbia Refg Ser 2001 C (MBIA Insd)		5.75			07/01/18			7,472,429
	5,000	Grant County Public Utility District #2, Electric Refg Ser 2001 H (FSA Insd)		5.375			01/01/18			5,210,850
	4,010	Port of Seattle, Passenger Facility Ser 1998 A (MBIA Insd) (a)		5.00			12/01/23			4,020,226
	2,500	Spokane School District #81 Ser 2005 (MBIA Insd)		0.00	(e)		06/01/23			2,505,875
										19,209,380
		Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $558,843,863)								531,615,478

NUMBER OF
SHARES (000)
		Short-Term Investment (f) (7.7%)
		Investment Company
	24,038	Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class (Cost $24,037,852)	24,037,852
		Total Investments (Cost $582,881,715)	555,653,330

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN
THOUSANDS
			Floating Rate Note and Dealer Trust Obligations Related to Securities Held (-30.5%)
$	(95,444	)	Notes with interest rates ranging from 1.92% to 2.74% at July 31, 2008 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 01/01/13 to 08/15/42 (g) (Cost ($95,444,000))			(95,444,000	)
			Total Net Investments (Cost $487,437,715) (h) (i)	147.2	%	460,209,330

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN
THOUSANDS
	Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities	4.7			14,836,034
	Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest	(51.9	)		(162,313,729	)
	Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders	100.0	%	$	312,731,635

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.
PSF	Texas Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program.
(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 and open swap contracts in the amount of $2,064,202.
(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 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 Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class with respect to assets invested by the Fund in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class .
(g)	Floating rate note obligations related to securities held — The Fund 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 Fund to retain residual interest in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the Dealer Trusts which commit the Fund 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 Fund (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 Fund, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund 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, 2008, Fund investments with a value of $133,366,903 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $95,444,000 in floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date.
(h)	Securities have been designated as collateral in an amount equal to $233,250,552 in connection with open futures contracts and open swap contracts.
(i)	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.
MBIA	Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corporation.
XLCA	XL Capital Assurance Inc.

Futures Contracts Open at July 31, 2008:

						UNREALIZED
NUMBER OF		DESCRIPTION, DELIVERY	UNDERLYING FACE			APPRECIATION/
CONTRACTS	LONG/SHORT	MONTH AND YEAR	AMOUNT AT VALUE			(DEPRECIATION)
940	Long	U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Year August 2008	$	107,938,442		$	1,252,833
625	Long	Treasury Swap 5 Year, August 2008		67,412,113			231,563
87	Short	U.S. Treasury Bond 2 Year August 2008		(18,444,000	)		(68,571	)
299	Short	U.S. Treasury Notes 20 Year August 2008		(34,534,500	)		(220,279	)
549	Short	U.S. Treasury Notes 5 Year August 2008		(61,123,431	)		(388,210	)
1276	Short	Swap Futures 10 Year August 2008		(140,479,625	)		(986,610	)
		Net unrealized depreciation				$	(179,275	)

Interest Rate Swap Contracts Open at July 31, 2008:

						UNREALIZED
	NOTIONAL		PAYMENTS	PAYMENTS	TERMINATION	APPRECIATION
COUNTERPARTY	AMOUNT (000)		RECEIVED BY FUND	MADE BY FUND	DATE	(DEPRECIATION)
Bank of America N.A.	$	5,239	Fixed Rate 5.58	Floating Rate 0.00@	February 28, 2018	$	58,258
Bank of America N.A.		6,160	Fixed Rate 5.070	Floating Rate 0.00@	April 14, 2018		(48,356	)
Bank of America N.A.		5,675	Fixed Rate 4.982	Floating Rate 0.00@	April 15, 2018		(62,312	)
Bank of America N.A.		6,597	Floating Rate 0.00@	Fixed Rate 5.99	February 28, 2023		(84,046	)
Bank of America N.A.		7,885	Floating Rate 0.00@	Fixed Rate 5.47	April 14, 2023		12,143
Bank of America N.A.		6,950	Floating Rate 0.00@	Fixed Rate 5.38	April 15, 2023		27,800
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.		22,080	Fixed Rate 5.385%	Floating Rate 0.00%@	February 14, 2018		94,061
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.		28,120	Floating Rate 0.00@	Fixed Rate 5.831	February 14, 2023		(235,364	)
Merrill Lynch & Co.		7,575	Fixed Rate 5.00	Floating Rate 0.00@	April 15, 2018		(78,477	)
Merrill Lynch & Co.		9,760	Floating Rate 0.00@	Fixed Rate 5.395	April 15, 2023		35,038
			Net unrealized depreciation			$	(281,255	)

@ Floating rate represents USD-3 months LIBOR.

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.

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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
September 18, 2008

     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
September 18, 2008

/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer
September 18, 2008

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EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 3 A1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Randy Takian, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Omitted;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 18, 2008

/s/ Randy Takian
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer

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Exhibit 3 A2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Francis Smith, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Omitted;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 18, 2008

/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer

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